Lüge

See also: luge, luege, lugé, lüge, and lugë

German

Alternative forms
  • Lügen f (Early Modern German)

Etymology

From Middle High German lüge, from Old High German lugī, from the root of lügen (“to lie”).

Merged with related Middle High German lügen(e), from Old High German lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu. With the latter are cognate Yiddish ליגן (lign), Luxembourgish Ligen, Dutch leugen. The two forms were bound to merge as all Middle High German feminines in -en(e) end in -e in modern German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlyːɡə/
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Noun

Lüge f (genitive Lüge, plural Lügen)

  1. lie

Declension
Declension of Lüge [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lüge die Lügen
genitive einer der Lüge der Lügen
dative einer der Lüge den Lügen
accusative eine die Lüge die Lügen

Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Lüge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Lüge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Lüge” in Duden online
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