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/ Rhymes: -iːbə Hyphenation: Lie‧be === Noun === Liebe f (genitive Liebe, plural Lieben) (uncountable) love (tender feeling of affection) 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 ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lieb, lieben === Further reading === Liebe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Liebe” in Duden online “Liebe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Liebe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Liebe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon