lied

¹ American  

[lahyd] / laɪd /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of lie.

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lied ² American  

[leed, leet] / lid, lit /

noun

plural

lieder

1. a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership.

   Schubert lieder.

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lied British  

/ liːt, liːd /

noun

1. music any of various musical settings for solo voice and piano of a romantic or lyrical poem, for which composers such as Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf are famous

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Etymology

Origin of lied

Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55

Example Sentences

Sharing the video, Ackman wrote: “If the hotel owner lied in their statement and the below allegation is confirmed, @Hilton corporate could terminate the hotel owner’s franchise.”

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the misconduct panel found he had issued the paperwork to her husband and then lied when updating an official police database - claiming to have spoken directly to Mrs Gather.

From BBC

Canadian officials discovered he lied on his entry papers and deported him in 1991.

From BBC

"She lied, she was lying through her teeth in that courtroom."

From BBC

Soon afterward, Soboroff told an audience that he had been “lied to” about whether he would be compensated.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• chant
• ditty
• oratorio
• paean
• psalm