lied

¹

[ lahyd ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of lie ¹.

lied

²

[ leed; German leet ]

noun

, plural lied·er [lee, -der, lee, -d, uh, r].

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.

lied

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lied¹

Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55

Word History and Origins

Origin of lied¹

from German: song

Example Sentences

An armed royal protection officer who lied about losing a bullet in the grounds of Buckingham Palace and covered it up for eight days has been sacked.

From BBC

What we know with some certainty is that in time millions of Trump supporters will discover they have been lied to and made into suckers, again.

From Salon

While she was desperately trying to find her missing son in January 2018, she told the court, the “calm and earnest-sounding” Woodward lied to her that Bernstein had been fine when he last saw him.

From Los Angeles Times

Acosta’s attorney noted during that trial that the teenage girl had lied to police and prosecutors, including alleging that her mother had abused her and had previously denied telling anyone about the alleged abuse.

From Los Angeles Times

There are thousands of pages of documents making clear that the fossil fuel industry has known about the dangers of climate change for decades, and lied about them.

From Salon

Related Words

• chant
• ditty
• oratorio
• paean
• psalm