lögn
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
lögn f (genitive singular lagnar, nominative plural lagnir)
Declension edit
declension of lögn
Further reading edit
- “lögn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish lyghn, possibly from Old Norse ljúga (“to lie”), but probably instead a loanword from Old Saxon lugina; both are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lögn c
- a lie
- Det är (en) lögn och det vet du
- It's a lie and you know it
- en ren lögn
- a pure lie
- lögn och förtal
- lies and slander
Usage notes edit
Occasionally treated as a mass noun.
Declension edit
Declension of lögn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lögn | lögnen | lögner | lögnerna |
Genitive | lögns | lögnens | lögners | lögnernas |
Antonyms edit
Related terms edit
- ljuga
- lögnaktig
- lögnaktighet
- lögnare
- lögndetektor
- lögnerska
- lögnhals
- lögnpropaganda
- nödlögn
- vit lögn