lieblich

Meaning

  1. sweet
  2. (dated, humorous, poetic) charming; adorable; lovely (of a person, usually female and/or a child)
  3. (dated, humorous, poetic) lovely; wonderful

Concepts

sweet
lovely
charming
winsome
gentle
alluring
nice
delightful
soft
disarming
kind
cute
mellow
tender
dulcet
pretty
smooth
medium
mellifluous
mild
pleasant
ravishing
suave

sweet-sounding

good
👍

medium sweet

affable
agreeable
attractive
bewitching
bland
blunt
breathtaking
cozy
dashing
dazzling
dolce
engaging
fair
friendly
graceful
kindly
Opposite of
trocken, halbtrocken
Synonyms

reizend
B2
anmutig
23k
allerliebst
40k
hold
C2
süß
A2
entzückend
C1
nett
A1
charmant
B2
sanft
B2

bezauberend

lind
hübsch
A2
mild
23k
honigsüß
liebreizend
angenehm
B2
wohltuend
ansehnlich
39k
ansprechend
40k
attraktiv
B2
fesch
40k
freundlich
B1
graziös

gut aussehend

harmonisch
36k
herrlich
B2
herzig
hinreißend
C1
lieb
B1
liebenswürdig
C2
schmalzig
schön
A1
sexy
B1
weich
B2

wonnig

zierlich
41k

eine Augenweide

ein erfreulicher Anblick

einnehmend
anziehend
C2

dolces

zart
C2
stumpf
C2
bezaubernd
C1
Süßigkeit
40k
umgänglich
37k
vollmundig
leicht
A2
leutselig
anregend
27k
Translations

dulce
innemend
charmant
schattig
amabile
grazioso
bekoorlijk

snoeperig

doux
snoezig
encantador
lindo
bellus
dolç
Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːplɪç/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
lieplich
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
lieflijk
Cognate with Gothic
𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃
In summary

By surface analysis, lieb + -lich. Diachronically, Middle High German lieplich, from Old High German liublīh, lioblīh, from Proto-West Germanic *leubalīk, from Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz. Cognate with Dutch lieflijk, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (liubaleiks).

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