Usage examples of "lügt" in German with translation to English

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Maria lügt ihren Vater an. Mary is lying to her father.
Sie lügt über ihr Alter. She is lying about her age.
Er weiß, wie man lügt. He knows how to tell lies.
Es ist offensichtlich, dass er lügt. Obviously he is lying.
Er lügt, ich merke es immer. He's lying, I can always tell.
Sie war empört als ich sagte, dass sie lügt. She was indignant when I said she was lying.
Manchmal lügt man, um die Gefühle anderer nicht zu verletzen. Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings.
Du solltest sie beim Wort nehmen; ich habe jedenfalls nicht die Erfahrung gemacht, dass sie lügt. You should take her at her word because I've never known her to lie.
Er log mir ins Gesicht. He lied to my face.
Dass Mary log, weiß Tom. Tom knows Mary lied.
Sie kann nicht gelogen haben. She cannot have told a lie.
Nancy kann nicht gelogen haben. Nancy cannot have told a lie.
Lüg mich nie wieder an. Never tell me a lie again.
Und lüge vor allem nicht. Above all, don't tell a lie.
Der Kuchen ist eine Lüge. The cake is a lie.
Das ist eine totale Lüge. That's a total lie.
Erzähl' keine Lügen. Sei ehrlich. Don't tell a lie. Be honest.
Er neigt dazu, zu lügen. He tends to tell lies.
Kinder und Betrunkene lügen nicht. Children and drunks don't lie.
Ich hörte ihn nie lügen. I never heard him lie.
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