Liebe
German (Berlin)
/ˈliːbə/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) love tender feeling of affection
- (countable) a feeling of love for someone or something particular
- (countable) a love relationship
- (uncountable) sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German liebe (joy, affection, kindliness, love, favour, the quality of love, pleasure) inherited from Old High German liob inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubą derived from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ- (enjoy, long for).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lubʰ-
Gloss
enjoy, long for
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Liebestod English
- -s- German
- Brief German
- Gedicht German
- Liebchen German
- Liebesbrief German
- Liebesgedicht German
- Liebeslied German
- Liebesspiel German
- Liebestod German
- Liebestöter German
- Liebeswerben German
- Liebling German
- Lieblingsjünger German
- Liebreiz German
- Lied German
- Ordnung German
- Ordnungsliebe German
- Reiz German
- Selbstliebe German
- Spiel German
- Tod German
- Töter German
- hungrig German
- krank German
- lieb German
- lieben German
- liebesfähig German
- liebeshungrig German
- liebeskrank German
- liebestoll German
- liebevoll German
- lieblos German
- liebreizend German
- reizend German
- selbst German
- toll German
- werben German
- *lubʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leubaz Proto-Germanic
- *leubn- Proto-Germanic
- *leubą Proto-Germanic
- liob Old High German
- lioba Old High German
- liebe Middle High German
- liep Middle High German
- Liibling Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ליבע Yiddish
- ליבשאַפֿט Yiddish
- Lieb Pennsylvania German
- Lieb Hunsrik
- łiwa Vilamovian
- -s-
- Tod
- toll
- Lied
- Reiz
- lieb
- Brief
- Spiel
- Töter
- krank
- selbst
- werben
- lieben
- Ordnung
- reizend
- Gedicht
- hungrig
- lieblos
- Liebreiz
- Liebling
- Liebchen
- liebevoll
- Liebestod
- liebestoll
- Liebeslied
- liebeskrank
- Liebesbrief
- liebreizend
- Selbstliebe
- liebesfähig
- Liebesspiel
- Liebestöter
- Liebeswerben
- Ordnungsliebe
- Liebesgedicht
- liebeshungrig
- Lieblingsjünger