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Liebe

Liebe

See also: liebe

German

Noun

Liebe f (genitive Liebe, plural Lieben)

  1. (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—
  2. (countable) a feeling of love for someone or something particular
  3. (countable) a love relationship
  4. (uncountable, euphemistic) sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse

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References

  • Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm : "Liebe"
  • Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon Liebe

liebe

liebe

See also: Liebe

German

Verb

liebe

  1. first-person singular indicative present form of lieben
  2. first-person singular subjunctive present form of lieben
  3. third-person singular subjunctive present form of lieben
  4. second-person singular imperative form of lieben