fernliegen

German

Etymology

fern +‎ liegen

Verb

fernliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liegt fern, past tense lag fern, past participle ferngelegen, past subjunctive läge fern, auxiliary haben)

  1. to be alien to [with dative ‘someone’]
  2. to not be one's intention [with dative]
    Es liegt mir fern, hineinzumischen
    Far be it for me to interfere

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