en lögn

lögn in a sentence

• sprida lögner
  spread lies
• 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

Expressions

• det är lögn ("det är omöjligt") att få tag på en taxi
  there's not a taxi to be had

Words built with lögn

• lögnaktig lying
• nödlögn white lie

Questions

Similar words

bluffosanning

Origin

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 *luginō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”).

Nearby common words

lögn is number 1,081 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 1,077adjö goodbye!, farewell!
• 1,078akta be careful (with), watch out (for)
• 1,079bit piece, bit, part, bit
• 1,080avslöja reveal, uncover
• 1,082suga suck
• 1,083love wrist (connecting the hand to the forearm)
• 1,084förlåta forgive
• 1,085testa test