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Baby

  1. (neuter, strong) baby (infant)
  2. (neuter, slang, strong) baby (term of endearment for a lover)

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Graubünden

Graubünden

baby

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbeːbi/
Etymology

In summary

Mid-19th-century borrowing from English baby. The use as a term of endearment is a later borrowing from late-20th-century pop culture; it remains far more common in pop music than in real life.

Related words

newborn child

small insect

suckling baby

little child

imperial children

imperial child

neonata

infaneto

baby symbol

baby symbol

little sweetie

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