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  1. German
  2. /The modal verb for advice (sollen)
  3. /lügen

lügen

lügen
to lie (tell a falsehood)
From Lesson 90:The modal verb for advice (sollen)·German

Usages of lügen

Du sollst nicht stehlen und nicht lügen!
You should not steal and not lie!
Mein Ratschlag ist: Du sollst nicht lügen.
My advice is: You should not lie.
Die Zeitschrift vermutet eben, dass er lügt.
The magazine just suspects that he is lying.
Entschuldige dich, anstatt dass dein Freund für dich lügt!
Apologize instead of your friend lying for you!
Ich misstraue dir, da du lügst.
I distrust you since you are lying.
Er lügt gewohnheitsmäßig, als ob es völlig normal wäre.
He lies habitually, as if it were completely normal.
Hätte er nicht gelogen, wäre der Neid nicht so offensichtlich.
Had he not lied, the envy would not be so obvious.
Wir haben den Verdacht, dass der Nachbar lügt.
We have the suspicion that the neighbor is lying.

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