Lebenslüge

== German == === Etymology === From Leben (“life”) +‎ -s- +‎ Lüge (“lie”), calque of Danish livsløgn (coined by Ibsen in his 1884 play Vildanden). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleː.bənsˌlyːɡə/, [-bm̩s-], [-bənt͡s-] Hyphenation: Le‧bens‧lü‧ge === Noun === Lebenslüge f (genitive Lebenslüge, plural Lebenslügen) self-delusion, self-deception, lived lie, (rare) life lie (a delusion that is at the core of how a person or a group see themselves and that is part of their identity) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Lebenslüge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Lebenslüge” in Duden online