lieblich
German (Berlin)
/ˈliːplɪç/
adj
Definitions
- (wine) sweet
- (dated) charming; adorable; lovely (of a person, usually female and/or a child)
- (dated) lovely; wonderful
Etymology
Suffix from German lieb (dear) inherited from Middle High German lieplich inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*leubalīkaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Liebfrauenmilch German
- Liebling German
- lieb German
- lieb haben German
- liebgewinnen German
- liebhaben German
- unlieb German
- lief Dutch, Flemish
- lieflijk Dutch, Flemish
- *leubalīka Proto-Germanic
- *leubalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- leoflic Old English
- ljúfligr Old Norse
- liep Middle High German
- lieplich Middle High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 Gothic