leg
German, verb/leːk/
leg is spelled L-E-G (3 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leg is a German verb meaning “first-person singular present of legen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does leg mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialfirst-person singular present of legen
- 2
singular imperative of legen
- 3
colloquialfirst-person singular subjunctive I of legen
- 4
colloquialthird-person singular subjunctive I of legen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. legal 2. legalisiert 3. legitim/legitimiert 4. legato
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of leg
- lege alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leg?
- /leːk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is leg in German?
leg appears 9.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).