Laib

Meaning

loaf (of bread), wheel, block (of cheese)

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/laɪ̯p/

Etymology

From Middle High German leip, from Old High German hleib, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib. Cognate with English loaf, Polish chleb, Russian хлеб (xleb). The spelling with -ai- follows the old Upper German orthography; it was advocated by grammarians such as Gottsched in order to distinguish from Leib (“body”).