verb

belegen

enroll · take · prove · top · support · occupy

Etwas mit einem Nachweis bestätigen oder etwas auf etwas legen, zum Beispiel Käse auf Brot legen.

The verb "belegen" is a versatile German word with several primary meanings depending on the context:

To cover or coat: To put something over a surface, such as placing slices of sausage or cheese on bread (a sandwich is called a belegtes Brot). It can also refer to coating a surface, like tiling a wall or flooring a room.
To occupy or reserve: To take up a place, such as reserving a seat in a lecture hall, booking a hotel room, or occupying a parking space.
To provide evidence or prove: To support a statement, claim, or theory with documents, citations, or facts. For example, proving a theory with data.
To register or enroll: In an academic context, it refers to signing up for a specific course or lecture at a university.

Grammar: It is a weak verb. Its principal parts are belegen (infinitive), belegte (simple past), and belegt (past participle). It requires the auxiliary verb haben.
Word origin: It is derived from the prefix be- (meaning "around" or "to cover") and the verb legen (to lay/place). Historically, it meant "to lay something onto something else."

Synonyms:

For "to cover/top": bedecken belegen, garnieren belegen.
For "to reserve/occupy": reservieren belegen, besetzen belegen, buchen belegen.
For "to prove": beweisen belegen, nachweisen belegen, begründen belegen.
For "to enroll": einschreiben belegen.