nounWord forms: plurallieder (ˈliːdə, German ˈliːdər)
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 origin
from German: song
lied in American English
(lid)
nounWord forms: pluralˈlieder (ˈlidər)
a German song, esp. one whose words and music are of a lyrical, often popular, character
Word origin
Ger: see laud
Examples of 'lied' in a sentence
lied
Not a good actress; I could see the nervous flicker of her eyes as she lied.
Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
She had lied about her age, he'd guessed that at the time, mentally topping up the tally by four or five years.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2002)
I'd lied to Joe, I'd lied to Val; I wasn't going to lie to Maggie.
Kate Cann GO! (2002)
Fiske had lied to me, gotten me into the middle of something awful.