lügen
German (Berlin)
/ˈlyːɡən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to tell a lie; to lie to intentionally give false information
- (intransitive) to give false information (unintentionally)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German liegen inherited from Old High German liogan inherited from *leugan inherited from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (lie) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (swear, tell a lie, tell lies, bemoan, complain, lie).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewgʰ-
Gloss
swear, tell a lie, tell lies, bemoan, complain, lie
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belie English
- forelie English
- forlie English
- give the lie English
- liar English
- lie English
- lier English
- liest English
- lieth English
- ligger English
- mislie English
- outlie English
- overlie English
- self-lie English
- superlie English
- underlie English
- anlügen German
- belügen German
- erlügen German
- umlügen German
- vorlügen German
- zusammenlügen German
- afliegen Dutch, Flemish
- beliegen Dutch, Flemish
- liegbeest Dutch, Flemish
- liegen Dutch, Flemish
- lieger Dutch, Flemish
- voorliegen Dutch, Flemish
- *lewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- juge Norwegian Bokmål
- lyge Norwegian Bokmål
- lyve Norwegian Bokmål
- *leuganą Proto-Germanic
- *luginō Proto-Germanic
- ljuga Swedish
- lögn Swedish
- ライ Japanese
- ljuga Norwegian Nynorsk
- lyge Norwegian Nynorsk
- leogan Old English
- lien Middle English
- ljúga Old Norse
- lyve Danish
- *lъgati Proto-Slavic
- ljúga Icelandic
- liegen Middle Dutch
- biliogan Old High German
- liogan Old High German
- lieg Afrikaans
- lúgva Faroese
- liegen Middle High German
- léien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *leugan gmw-pro
- liegan Old Dutch
- liogan Old Saxon
- lugina Old Saxon
- liugha Old Swedish
- liūgha, liugha Old Swedish
- ljuug Westrobothnian
- liāga Old Frisian
- leeje Central Franconian
- liughæ Old Danish
- ljuğa Scanian