loochenen

From Middle Dutch logenen, loghenen, loochenen. Cognate with German leugnen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.xə.nə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: loo‧che‧nen

loochenen

1. (transitive) to deny, to withsay (to assert the falsity or non-existence of)
   • 1875, Julius van B....r, Atchin. Driemaal begraven, publ. by A Tjaden, page 120.

     Het fiere meisje loochende alle schuld en daar grootsche karakters, gelijk het hare, maar zelden door de omgeving, waarin zij geplaatst zijn, worden begrepen, maakte ook hare edele houding niet dien indruk op de verbitterde gemoederen harer rechters, als zij verdiend had.

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     The proud girl denied all guilt and because great characters, like her, are seldom understood by the environment in which they are placed, her noble posture also did not make the impression on the embittered minds of her judges that she had deserved.

2. (obsolete, transitive) to disavow, to deny

• Negerhollands: loogen