lügen wie gedruckt
[ˈlyːɡn̩ viː ɡəˈdʁʊkt]
The verdict
“lügen wie gedruckt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lügen erzählen, hemmungslos lügen
Corpus desk
Index DE-lugen-wie-gedruckt · lügen wie gedruckt · German
lügen wie gedruckt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lügen wie gedruckt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈlyːɡn̩ viː ɡəˈdʁʊkt] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lügen wie gedruckt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lügen wie gedruckt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈlyːɡn̩ viː ɡəˈdʁʊkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lügen erzählen, hemmungslos lügen".
Zero misspellings are on record for lügen wie gedruckt in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is lügen wie gedruckt, spelled L-Ü-G-E-N- -W-I-E- -G-E-D-R-U-C-K-T.
Definition
- 1Lügen erzählen, hemmungslos lügen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lügen wie gedruckt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Beschuldigte lügt wie gedruckt.
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