noun · countable / uncountable · rare

untruth

untruth · untruths

неправда

Unwahrheit

A lie or falsehoodA lie or falsehood.

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/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/

» Netanyahu's book is full of untruths.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A lie or falsehood.
Unwahrheit
непра́вдаneprávda
(countable, uncountable)The condition of being false; truthlessness.
a false statement

Examples

3 sentences

Netanyahu's book is full of untruths.
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The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.
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That is just an untruth.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

lie or falsehood:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

lie or falsehood:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Pro

Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida.

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