Feminine

Lüge

No way

tell lies

Really

Unbelievable

exaggerated talk

false charge

false report

Erdichtung

Falschinformation

Flunkerei

Fehlinformation

Verlogenheit

Vorspiegelung

grobe Übertreibung

Verdrehung der Tatsachen

Münchhausiade

Jägerlatein

Anglerlatein

Geflunker

Münchhauseniade

Räuberpistole

Aufschneiderei

Lügengeschichte

Windei

Frequency

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

luug

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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.

Cognate with Dutch

leugen

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