Liebe

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German liebe (“joy, affection, kindliness”), from Old High German liob, lioba (“fortune, health, pleasantness, joy”), from Proto-Germanic *leubą, *leubō (“love”), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ- (“to enjoy, to long for”), zero-grade of *lewbʰ-. Related with Old High German luba, English love (from Proto-Germanic *lubō).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːbə/
  • Audio : Liebe(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːbə
  • Hyphenation: Lie‧be

Noun[edit]

Liebe f (genitive Liebe, plural Lieben)

  1. (uncountable) love (tender feeling of affection)
    • 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
      Und konnte ich fürchten, daß diese unglückliche Liebe das kluge Klärchen so bald hinreißen würde? Ich muß es nun tragen, daß meine Tochter—
      And could I imagine, that this unhappy love would so soon carry away the prudent little Klara? I must endure it now, that my daughter—
  2. (countable) a feeling of love for someone or something particular
  3. (countable) a love relationship
  4. (uncountable, euphemistic) sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse

Declension[edit]

Declension of Liebe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Liebe die Lieben
genitive einer der Liebe der Lieben
dative einer der Liebe den Lieben
accusative eine die Liebe die Lieben

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