Liebe
See also: liebe
German
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːbə/
Audio : Liebe (file) - Rhymes: -iːbə
- Hyphenation: Lie‧be
Noun
Liebe f (genitive Liebe, plural Lieben)
- (uncountable) love (tender feeling of affection)
- 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- Und konnte ich fürchten, daß diese unglückliche Liebe das kluge Klärchen so bald hinreißen würde? Ich muß es nun tragen, daß meine Tochter—
- And could I imagine, that this unhappy love would so soon carry away the prudent little Klara? I must endure it now, that my daughter—
- 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- (countable) a feeling of love for someone or something particular
- (countable) a love relationship
- (uncountable, euphemistic) sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse
Declension
Synonyms
- (love): Minne; Zuneigung
- (sexual relations): Sex, Geschlechtsakt, Geschlechtsverkehr
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “love”): Hass, Abneigung, Ekel, Gleichgültigkeit
Derived terms
- Feindesliebe
- Gottesliebe
- große Liebe
- Hassliebe
- Liebchen
- liebebedürftig
- Liebelei
- Liebesaffäre
- Liebesbeziehung
- Liebesdienst
- Liebesgeschichte
- Liebesglück
- Liebesgott
- Liebesgöttin
- Liebestraum
- liebevoll
- Liebhaber
- Liebhaberei
- Liebhaberin
- lieblich
- Liebling
- Liebschaft
- Nächstenliebe
Further reading
Liebe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Liebe” in Duden online
- “Liebe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Liebe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Liebe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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