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historical dictionaryduden-lieb

lieb — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft

AUTHOR / EDITOR: Dudenredaktion
YEAR: 2026
PUBLISHER: Duden
DOI: Not recorded
SOURCE TYPE: historical dictionary
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The adjective came before the modern noun shape.

German lieb descends through Middle High German liep and Old High German liob. Liebe is an abstract noun within the same older family, not the source from which lieb was clipped.

*lewbʰ-

*lewbʰ- → *leubaz → liob → liep → lieb

Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liep, althochdeutsch liob

Documents the adjective’s independent inherited history.

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Is German lieb a shortened form of Liebe?

No. The adjective descends through Middle High German liep and Old High German liob. The noun Liebe continues a related abstract-noun formation analyzed as deadjectival within the older family.

Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liep, althochdeutsch liob

Documents an inherited adjective history independent of the modern noun spelling.

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lieb → liep

German → Middle High German · historical continuation

SOUND: Middle High German liep continues into modern German lieb through regular final devoicing in pronunciation and later spelling standardization.
MEANING: The inherited field of dear, beloved, pleasing, and welcome remains productive, with later kind or well-behaved uses in particular contexts.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR: Dudenredaktion

Modern adjective senses; Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liep

Documents the modern adjective and identifies its immediate Middle High German form.

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EDGE 295supportsestablished

liep → liob

Middle High German → Old High German · inheritance

SOUND: Old High German liob develops into Middle High German liep with the inherited diphthong and High German obstruent pattern reflected in the historical spellings.
MEANING: The adjective remains centered on what is dear, beloved, or pleasing.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR: Dudenredaktion

Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liep, althochdeutsch liob

Publishes the Old-to-Middle-to-modern German sequence.

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EDGE 296supportsprobable

liob → *leubaz

Old High German → Proto-Germanic · inheritance

SOUND: Old High German liob reflects the West Germanic continuation of reconstructed *leubaz, with the inherited diphthong and consonant represented in the daughter form.
MEANING: The adjective preserves the sense dear, beloved, or pleasing.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR: Dudenredaktion · Guus Kroonen

Herkunft: althochdeutsch liob

Supplies the attested Old High German historical form.

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