lieb

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German liep, from Old High German liob, liub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz. Cognate with German lieb, Dutch lief, English lief, Icelandic ljúfur. === Pronunciation === (Zürich) IPA(key): /liəp/ === Adjective === lieb (comparative lieber, superlative liebscht) dear ==== Declension ==== Other forms - Voralberg: Strong masc. sg. nom.: lieba Mixed masc. sg. dat.: lieba Weak masc. sg. dat.: lieba Weak ntr. sg. nom. & acc.: lieb Other forms - Lörrach: Strong masc. sg. nom.: lieb Mixed fem. sg. nom.: liebe Weak masc. sg. nom.: lieb ==== Related terms ==== Liebe/Lieb'/Lieb f Liebs sg == East Central German == === Etymology === Cognate to German lieb. === Adjective === lieb (Silesian) dear ==== Declension ==== In dialects which have -a and not -en where SHG and MHG have -en: Note: In some dialects of Gebirgsschlesisch it can also be lieb and inflected liew-. In dialects which have -en and not -a where SHG and MHG have -en: ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== scheene; schiene/schien (= SHG schön) === Adjective === lieb (Mansfeld, Rudolstadt, Altenburg) dear ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Liebe f Liebe/Lieb' f (Rudolstadt) Lieben m pl Lieben n === Adjective === lieb (Oberlausitz) dear ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Liebe f Lieb'nd'n m (acc.; = SHG Liebenden) lieb'n == German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German liep, from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leub. Compare Dutch lief, archaic English lief. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /liːp/ ==== Adjective ==== lieb (strong nominative masculine singular lieber, comparative lieber, superlative am liebsten) lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind (of a child or animal also) good; well-behaved Synonym: brav (in or as an address) dear ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “lieb” in Duden online “lieb”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) Friedrich Kluge (1883), “lieb”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== lieb singular imperative of lieben (colloquial) first-person singular present of lieben ===== Alternative forms ===== lieb' (1st ps. sg. indicative present active)