Lügendetektor
German, noun/ˈlyːɡəndeˌtɛktoːr/
Lügendetektor is spelled L-Ü-G-E-N-D-E-T-E-K-T-O-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lügendetektor is a German masculine noun meaning “lie detector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät, das körperliche Parameter – wie Blutdruck, Puls und Atmung – einer Person während einer Befragung…”.
What does Lügendetektor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelie detector
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät, das körperliche Parameter – wie Blutdruck, Puls und Atmung – einer Person während einer Befragung misst und diese aufzeichnet, um auf den Wahrheitsgehalt der Aussagen schließen zu können
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 Lügendetektor
- Lügendetektors genitive
- Lügendetektoren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lügendetektor?
- /ˈlyːɡəndeˌtɛktoːr/
- [ˈlyː.ɡŋ̍.deˌtɛk.toːɐ̯]
- [-ɡən-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lügendetektor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lügendetektor in German?
Lügendetektor appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).