leugen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• logen (archaic), loogen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch logene, from Old Dutch lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈløː.ɣə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: leu‧gen
• Rhymes: -øːɣən

Noun

leugen f (plural leugens, diminutive leugentje n)

1. a lie

Derived terms

• leugenaar
• leugendetector
• levensleugen

Related terms

• liegen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: leuen
• Negerhollands: lug, lik
• → West Frisian: leugen

Anagrams

• geulen