Lay

"Lay" in Dutch

amateur

(non-professional)

leken

(non-clergy)

leken

(non-professional)

ondeskundig

(non-professional)

wereldlijk

(non-clergy)

ballade

(sung poem)

lied

(sung poem)

ligging

(arrangement or relationship)

installeren

(to install certain building materials)

leggen

(to place something down in a position of rest)

leggen

(to install certain building materials)

leggen

(to deposit an egg)

neerleggen

(to place something down in a position of rest)

plaatsen

(to install certain building materials)

verwedden

(to wager)

Lay vs Lie: A Practical Tense Guide

Use lay and lie correctly in present and past tense without memorizing grammar tables.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.