belügen
German, verb[bəˈlyːɡn̩]
belügen is spelled B-E-L-Ü-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belügen is a German verb meaning “to lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem eine Unwahrheit erzählen, bewusst Lügen verbreiten”.
What does belügen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lie to, to tell someone a lie, to tell someone lies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem eine Unwahrheit erzählen, bewusst Lügen verbreiten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of belügen
- belügt present singular third-person
- belog past
- belogen participle past
- belöge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- belügend participle present
- belüge first-person indicative present
- belügst indicative present second-person
- belügest second-person singular subjunctive
- belüget plural second-person subjunctive
- belögen first-person formal plural
- belogst indicative preterite second-person
- belogt indicative plural preterite
- belögest formal rare second-person
- belögst formal rare second-person
- belöget formal plural rare
- belögt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belügen?
- [bəˈlyːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is belügen in German?
belügen appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).