lieb

German (Berlin)

/liːp/

adj
Definitions
  • lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind
  • (of a child or animal also) good; well-behaved
  • (in or as an address) dear

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German liep (dear) inherited from Old High German liob inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (love, like, hold dear, break off, desire, cut off, care, peel, rind, break, damage).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lewbʰ-

Gloss

love, like, hold dear, break off, desire, cut off, care, peel, rind, break, damage

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

好

Emoji
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