Verb
att ligga
to lie
Beginnerverb
Meaning
att ligga is the Swedish word for to lie — a verb you meet early when building Swedish vocabulary. Learn it in context with the example below, hear the pronunciation, then lock it into memory by playing it in the free LearnSwedishFast arcade game.
Example
Makten ligger hos folket.
The power lies with the people.
Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.
Word forms
Common inflected forms of att ligga you will see while reading Swedish.
- legat
- ligga
- ligger
- låg