lieb
Meaning
-
- lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind
- good; well-behaved
- dear
Concepts
Synonyms
liebeswert
Liebste
liebeswürdig
Sehr geehrt
konditioniert
na schön
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
lieb
Lucerne
gäärn
St. Gallen
frei
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/liːp/
Etymology
From Middle High German liep, from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leub. Compare Dutch lief, archaic English lief.
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lieben
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- (intransitive,sometimes,transitive,usually,weak) to love, to have a strong affection for (someone or something)
- (reflexive,weak) to love one another
- (poetic,reflexive,weak) to make love, to have sex
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