"Lüge" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlyːɡə/ Audio: De-Lüge.ogg
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. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{inh|de|gmh|lüge}} Middle High German lüge, {{inh|de|goh|lugī}} Old High German lugī, {{m|de|lügen|t=to lie}} lügen (“to lie”), {{m+|gmh|lügene|lügen(e)}} Middle High German lügen(e), {{m+|goh|lugina}} Old High German lugina, {{m+|gmw-pro|*luginu}} Proto-West Germanic *luginu, {{cog|yi|ליגן}} Yiddish ליגן (lign), {{cog|lb|Ligen}} Luxembourgish Ligen, {{cog|nl|leugen}} Dutch leugen Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Lüge f (genitive Lüge, plural Lügen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Lüge [genitive], Lügen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lüge [nominative, singular], Lügen [definite, nominative, plural], Lüge [genitive, singular], Lügen [definite, genitive, plural], Lüge [dative, singular], Lügen [dative, definite, plural], Lüge [accusative, singular], Lügen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. lie Tags: feminine Synonyms: Lügen [Early, German, Modern, feminine] Derived forms: Lebenslüge, Lügendetektor, Lügengebäude, Lügengeschichte, Lügenjournalismus, Lügenpresse, Lügensucht, Lügen haben kurze Beine, Notlüge Related terms: lügen
    Sense id: en-Lüge-de-noun-yLGho-a8 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

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