leugnen
German
Alternative forms
- läugnen (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old High German louganen, from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną. Factitive of lügen (“to lie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔʏ̯ɡnən/ (prescriptive standard)
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- IPA(key): /ˈlɔʏ̯knən/ (overall the commonest form)
audio (Germany) (file)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔʏ̯çnən/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
Verb
leugnen (weak, third-person singular present leugnet, past tense leugnete, past participle geleugnet, auxiliary haben)
- to deny (assert the untruth of)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- ableugnen
- leugbar
- Leugnung
- verleugnen
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