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Baby

Meaning

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

Concepts

newborn child

small insect

suckling baby

little child

imperial children

imperial child

neonata

infaneto

baby symbol

baby symbol

little sweetie

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.

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