lie

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
2. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
3. (copulative, intransitive) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
7. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
9. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Noun

1. The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
2. The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
3. The position of a fetus in the womb.
4. A manner of lying; relative position.
5. An animal's lair.

Noun

1. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
3. (broadly) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
4. (slang) A liar; a dishonest person.

Teenoorgestelde van

truth

Sinonieme

falsehood

tell a lie

fib

deceive

untruth

lie down

tell lies

rest

deceit

cheat

lies

fabrication

recline

prevarication

prevaricate

deception

relax

repose

be

place

lie on the side

fiction

sit

🪑

swindle

lay

tell a falsehood

sleep

😴

fraud

trick

deny

tell untruths

false

tell a fib

remain

consist

lying

lie in

pretence

tell an untruth

untrue

go to bed

dwell

falsify

untruthfulness

have

story

run

extend

fable

range

Vertalings

mentir

mensonge

liegen

bugia

mentir

Lüge

lügen

mentira

mentire

liegen

liggen

leugen

giacere

mentira

كذب

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/laɪ̯/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lien

Geërf van Old English: liċġan

Verwante met Fries: lizze

Verwante met Nederlands: liggen

Verwante met Duits: liegen

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Boeknoors: ligge

Verwante met Sweeds: ligga

Verwante met Yslands: -

Verwante met Faroëes: -

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: liggja

Verwante met Goties: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Verwante met Latyn: lectus

Verwante met Iers: luí

Verwante met Russies: лежа́ть

Verwante met Albanees: lag

Geërf van Old English: lēogan

Verwante met Fries: lige

Verwante met Nederduits: legen

Verwante met Nederlands: liegen

Verwante met Duits: lügen

Verwante met Noors: ljuge

Verwante met Deens: lyve

Verwante met Sweeds: ljuga

Verwante met Bulgaars: лъжа

Verwante met Pools: łgać

Verwante met Russies: лгать

Geërf van Middle English: lie

Geërf van Old English: lyġe

Verwante met Old Saxon: luggi

Verwante met Old High German: lugi

Verwante met Duits: Lüge

Verwante met Deens: løgn

Verwante met Bulgaars: лъжа́

Verwante met Russies: ложь

Verwante met Tsjeggies: lež

Verwante met Serwo-Kroaties: laž

In summary

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luí, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

Sinne

It's not a lie .