obliegen
German, verb[ɔpˈliːɡn̩]
obliegen is spelled O-B-L-I-E-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obliegen is a German verb meaning “to be incumbent upon (someone), to be (someone's) responsibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem eine Aufgabe sein, von jemandem bewältigt werden müssen”.
What does obliegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be incumbent upon (someone), to be (someone's) responsibility
- 2
datedto dedicate oneself (to a task)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem eine Aufgabe sein, von jemandem bewältigt werden müssen 2. sich anhaltend mit etwas beschäftigen, sich einer Sache widmen
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 obliegen
- obliegt present singular third-person
- oblag past
- oblegen participle past
- obläge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- obliegend participle present
- obliege first-person indicative present
- obliegst indicative present second-person
- obliegest second-person singular subjunctive
- oblieget plural second-person subjunctive
- oblagen first-person indicative plural
- oblägen first-person formal plural
- oblagst indicative preterite second-person
- oblagt indicative plural preterite
- oblägest formal rare second-person
- oblägst formal rare second-person
- obläget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obliegen?
- [ɔpˈliːɡn̩]
- [ˈɔpliːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obliegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obliegen in German?
obliegen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).