Meaning
lieb
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
liebe
Aargau
liebe
Bern
liebe
St. Gallen
liebe
Zürich
liebä
Zug
liebe
Bern
liebä
Lucerne
liebe
Solothurn
liebe
Basel-Landschaft
liebe
Basel-Stadt
liebe
Zürich
liäbä
Obwalden
liäbä
Obwalden
liebä
St. Gallen
liaba
St. Gallen
liebä
Schaffhausen
liebä
Schwyz
liebe
Thurgau
liebä
Thurgau
liebe
Valais
liebu
Zug
liäbe
Zürich
iiebe
Aargau
liäbä
Bern
liäbä
Basel-Landschaft
liebä
Basel-Landschaft
gäärn haa
Basel-Landschaft
meege
Basel-Stadt
gärn ha
Basel-Stadt
liebä
Fribourg
gärn ha
Fribourg
liebe
Graubünden
lieba
Graubünden
liaba
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːbən/
Etymology
In summary
Formally from Middle High German lieben, alteration (based on liep) of rarer liuben (“to make or be dear, to treat in a friendly way”), from Old High German liuben, equivalent to lieb + -en. The singularly attested Old High German liobōn (“to love”) probably remained without continuation; the modern sense was derived in late Middle High German from the noun liebe (“love”) on the model of minnen (“to love”), from minne, which had developed a sexual overtone. It remained absent from most traditional dialects, which use variants of lieb haben or gern haben instead (compare the usage note below). Related to English love. Compare Dutch lieven.
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