Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine, uncountable) love (tender feeling of affection)
  2. (countable, feminine) a feeling of love for someone or something particular
  3. (countable, feminine) a love relationship
  4. (euphemistic, feminine, uncountable) sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

liebi

Lucerne

Lucerne

liebi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːbə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German liebe (“joy, affection, kindliness”), from Old High German liob, lioba (“fortune, health, pleasantness, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *leubu (“love”). Related with Old High German luba, English love (from Proto-Germanic *lubō).

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