lögn
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Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
lögn f (genitive singular lagnar, nominative plural lagnir)
Declension[edit]
declension of lögn
Further reading[edit]
- “lögn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish lyghn, possibly from Old Norse ljúga (“to lie”), but probably instead a loanword from Old Saxon lugina; both are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lögn c
- a lie
- Det är (en) lögn och det vet du
- It's a lie and you know it
- en ren lögn
- a pure lie
- lögn och förtal
- lies and slander
Usage notes[edit]
Occasionally treated as a mass noun.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of lögn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lögn | lögnen | lögner | lögnerna |
| Genitive | lögns | lögnens | lögners | lögnernas |
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- ljuga
- lögnaktig
- lögnaktighet
- lögnare
- lögndetektor
- lögnerska
- lögnhals
- lögnpropaganda
- nödlögn
- vit lögn
References[edit]
Categories:
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples