| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Afrikaans | leuen |
|---|---|
| Catalan | mentida |
| Danish | løgn |
| Dutch | leugen; onwaarheid |
| English | lie |
| Esperanto | mensogo; malveraĵo; malvero |
| Faeroese | lygn |
| French | mensonge |
| German | Lüge |
| Icelandic | lygi |
| Jamaican Patois | lai |
| Malay | dusta |
| Norwegian | løgn |
| Papiamento | mentira |
| Portuguese | mentira |
| Scottish Gaelic | breug |
| Spanish | mentira |
| Swahili | uongo |
| Swedish | lögn |
| Welsh | celwydd |
| West Frisian | leagen |