Definition
A statement that someone knows is not true.
Translations
- English
- lie
- Français
- mensonge
- Türkçe
- yalan
- Polski
- kłamstwo
- Русский
- ложь
- Українська
- неправда
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Lüge
- A2
- Noun
- Communication
- Emotions & Personality
lie
/diː ˈlyːɡə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Lügen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Seine Geschichte war eine Lüge.NominativSing.His story was a lie.
- Sie gestand die Lüge.AkkusativSing.She confessed to the lie.
- Er widersprach der Lüge.DativSing.He contradicted the lie.
- Die Folgen der Lüge waren schwer.GenitivSing.The consequences of the lie were serious.
- Lügen schaden dem Vertrauen.NominativPlur.Lies damage trust.
- Er erzählte mehrere Lügen.AkkusativPlur.He told several lies.
- Niemand glaubte den Lügen.DativPlur.No one believed the lies.
- Die Folgen der Lügen waren schwer.GenitivPlur.The consequences of the lies were serious.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Lüge/ˈlyːɡə/
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Article phrase
die Lüge/diː ˈlyːɡə/
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Plural
Lügen/ˈlyːɡn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Lüge | die Lügen |
| Akkusativ | die Lüge | die Lügen |
| Dativ | der Lüge | den Lügen |
| Genitiv | der Lüge | der Lügen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine kleine Lüge
- Verb constructioneine Lüge erzählen + Akkusativ
- Verb constructioneine Lüge zugeben + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Lüge kommt ans Licht.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymUnwahrheit
A Unwahrheit is a statement that is not true; a Lüge usually refers to a deliberately false statement.
- Broader termAussage — statement
A Lüge is a particular, deliberately false Aussage.
- Narrower termNotlüge
A Notlüge is a Lüge that someone tells to get out of a difficult or unpleasant situation.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- lügen
- Lügner
- Lügnerin