Saturday, April 13, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: Liebe

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From {{etyl|gmh|de}} {{term|liebe||the quality of love, pleasure, joy, favour, love|lang=gmh}}, from {{etyl|goh|de}} {{term|liob|lang=goh}}, {{term|lioba||fortune, health, pleasantness, joy|lang=goh}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|de}} {{recons|leubn-|lang=gem-pro}}, {{recons|leubō||love|lang=gem-pro}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|de}} {{recons|lubʰ-||to enjoy, to long for|lang=ine-pro}}, [[zero-grade]] of {{recons|lewbʰ-|lang=ine-pro}}. Cognates include Old High German {{term|luba|lang=goh}}, English {{term|love|lang=en}}, from Proto-Germanic {{recons|lubō|lang=gem-pro}}.

  

From {{etyl|gmh|de}} {{term|liebe||the quality of love, pleasure, joy, favour, love|lang=gmh}}, from {{etyl|goh|de}} {{term|liob|lang=goh}}, {{term|lioba||fortune, health, pleasantness, joy|lang=goh}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|de}} {{recons|leubn-|lang=gem-pro}}, {{recons|leubō||love|lang=gem-pro}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|de}} {{recons|lubʰ-||to enjoy, to long for|lang=ine-pro}}, [[zero-grade]] of {{recons|lewbʰ-|lang=ine-pro}}. Cognates include Old High German {{term|luba|lang=goh}}, English {{term|love|lang=en}}, from Proto-Germanic {{recons|lubō|lang=gem-pro}}.

Latest revision as of 22:59, 13 April 2013

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[edit] German

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle High German liebe ("the quality of love, pleasure, joy, favour, love"), from Old High German liob, lioba ("fortune, health, pleasantness, joy"), from Proto-Germanic *leubn-, *leubō ("love"), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ- ("to enjoy, to long for"), zero-grade of *lewbʰ-. Cognates include Old High German luba, English love, from Proto-Germanic *lubō.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈliːbə/
  • Audio : Liebe (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːbə
  • Homophone: lebe (in some German dialects)
  • Hyphenation: Lie‧be

[edit] Noun

Liebe f (genitive Liebe, plural Lieben)

  1. (no plural) love (tender feeling of affection)
    • 1787 CE: 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--
  2. (no plural) lust (sexually or erotically motivated inclination)
  3. (no plural) sexual intercourse (bodily union as a result of lust)
  4. (informal): short for love affair
  5. love (term of endearment)
  6. (plural) loves, loved ones (members of one's family or close friends)
    • 1784 CE: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Kabale und Liebe
      Ihr steht bestürzt, guten Leute, erwartet angstvoll, wie sich das Räthsel entwickeln wird?--Kommt näher, meine Lieben!--Ihr dientet mir redlich und warm [...]
      You stand dismayed, good people, worry fearfully how the riddle will develop?--Come closer, my loves!--You served me fairly and warmly [...]

[edit] Usage notes

In the Bavarian and Swabian dialects, this word becomes Liab; in Swiss German, Liäbi or Liebi; and in Low Saxon Lieve.

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