Liebe
See also: liebe
German
Etymology
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
Noun
Liebe f (genitive Liebe, plural Lieben)
- (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—
- Und konnte ich fürchten, daß diese unglückliche Liebe das kluge Klärchen so bald hinreißen würde? Ich muß es nun tragen, daß meine Tochter—
- 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- (countable) a feeling of love for someone or something particular
- (countable) a love relationship
- (uncountable, euphemistic) sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse
Declension
Synonyms
- (love): Minne; Zuneigung
- (sexual relations): Sex, Geschlechtsakt, Geschlechtsverkehr
Antonyms
- (love): Hass, Abneigung, Ekel, Gleichgültigkeit
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Further reading
- “Liebe” in Duden online
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