/²jʉːɡa/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish liūgha, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Danish lyve, Faroese ljúgva (whence lúgva), Icelandic ljúga, Norwegian Bokmål lyve and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuga.
- to lie, to tell an untruth
“Politikerna drar sig inte för att ljuga sina väljare rakt upp i ansiktet.” — The politicians do not hesitate to lie to their voters straight to their faces.
“Jag skulle ljuga, om jag sade, att jag älskar människorna.” — I would be lying if I said that I loved mankind.
Formerljuger(present) · ljög(preterite) · ljugit(supine) · ljug(imperative) · ljuga(active, infinitive) · ljugas(infinitive, passive) · ljugit(active, supine) · ljugits(passive, supine) · ljug(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · ljugen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · ljuger(active, indicative, present) · ljög(active, indicative, past) · ljugs(indicative, passive, present) · ljuges(indicative, passive, present) · ljögs(indicative, passive, past) · ljuga(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · ljögo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · ljugas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)