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

• Lebenslüge
• Lügendetektor
• Lügengebäude
• Lügengeschichte
• Lügenjournalismus
• Lügenpresse
• Lügensucht
• Lügen haben kurze Beine
• Lebenslüge
• Notlüge

Related terms

• lügen

Further reading

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