Lüge

Meaning

lie

falsehood

prevarication

fabrication

fiction

deception

untruth

deceit

No way

Really

Unbelievable

untrue

vanity

delusion

forgery

calumny

false charge

slander

folly

fool

exaggerated talk

false report

liar

tell lies

fib

falsity

mistruth

untruthfulness

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlyːɡə/

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.