NODE / 0290attestedGerman
Liebe
PRONUNCIATION /ˈliːbə/
love; strong affection; a beloved person
- DATE
- Present-day German
- SENSE
- love abstract
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / West Germanic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:30:liebe:attested:sense:love-abstract
Duden records the modern feminine noun, its senses, and its Middle and Old High German ancestry.
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Middle High German · Middle High German · love abstractliebe
favor, affection, love
- SOUND
- Middle High German liebe continues into modern German Liebe with capitalization of the noun and standardization of spelling and pronunciation.
- MEANING
- The inherited abstract noun remains centered on affection while broadening across personal, religious, and object-directed uses.
- CHRONOLOGY
- Middle High German to present-day German.
- SCHOLAR
- Dudenredaktion
- CONFIDENCE
- established — The immediate Middle High German stage is explicit in the modern dictionary.
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03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
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04RECORDED EVIDENCE
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05EDITORIAL REUSE
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