lügnerisch
German, adjective/ˈlyːɡnəʁɪʃ/
lügnerisch is spelled L-Ü-G-N-E-R-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lügnerisch is a German adjective meaning “mendacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Lüge enthaltend, unwahr”.
What does lügnerisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mendacious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Lüge enthaltend, unwahr 2. den Hang zu lügen besitzend
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 lügnerisch
- lügnerischer masculine nominative singular
- am lügnerischsten superlative
- lügnerische feminine nominative singular
- lügnerisches neuter nominative singular
- lügnerischen genitive masculine singular
- lügnerischem dative masculine singular
- der lügnerische definite includes-article masculine
- die lügnerische definite feminine includes-article
- das lügnerische definite includes-article neuter
- die lügnerischen definite includes-article nominative
- des lügnerischen definite genitive includes-article
- der lügnerischen definite feminine genitive
- dem lügnerischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lügnerisch?
- /ˈlyːɡnəʁɪʃ/
- [ˈlyːɡnəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lügnerisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lügnerisch in German?
lügnerisch appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).