Noun: løgn
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | løgna; løgnen |
| Pl. | løgnene |
Sample Sentences
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Han har fortalt deg en løgn. (He has told you a lie.)
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en hvit løgn (a white lie)
Nouns inflected like løgn
nedbryting,
nedbrytning,
etablering,
frokostblanding,
sender,
avbildning,
etterretning,
sjølei,
betongsag,
havstrømning,
koldnålsradering,
skarphet,
villmark,
bedring,
atomvekt,
klimaendring,
beiting,
kulltegning,
bergart,
berging, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Danish løgn, from Old Danish løwn, løgen, an early borrowing (probably in the context of Christianisation) from Old Saxon lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu. The underlying verb lyve (etc.) is of native Norse origin. See: Danish Nouns '
løgn', Danish Nouns '
løgn'.
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