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Liebe — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Dudenredaktion
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Duden
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Do Celtic cais and Greek κῆδος prove that love and hate share one root?
No. They belong to a disputed wider comparison. Middle Irish cais carries a striking love-and-hatred field, but that does not make German Liebe an ancestor or cognate of Hass.
Herkunft: Middle and Old High German Liebe lineageKeeps the distinct German love-word ancestry visible.
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Liebe → liebe
German → Middle High German · historical continuation
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Dudenredaktion
Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liebe; modern noun sensesIdentifies the immediate Middle High German source and the continuing modern noun.
liebe → liubī
Middle High German → Old High German · inheritance
- SOUND
- Old High German liubī develops into Middle High German liebe through regular High German vowel and ending development.
- MEANING
- Love, favor, pleasure, and affection remain overlapping parts of the semantic field.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Dudenredaktion · Rosemarie Lühr
Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liebe, althochdeutsch liubīPublishes the Old-to-Middle-to-modern sequence.
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Middle High German textual continuum
Documents the Middle High German stage.
Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch liebe · broadPresent-day German
Documents present-day standard German Liebe.
Modern noun entry, meanings and grammar · regionalNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
LOVE CAN TURN INTO HATE WITHOUT SHARING A ROOT
Duden’s example ihre Liebe schlug in Hass um and DWB’s repeated love-versus-hate contrasts make the German words semantic opposites inside attested usage. Their reviewed ancestries remain distinct: Liebe follows the *leubīn branch of the desire-and-care family, while Hass follows the Germanic *hatiz- family. This is an attested opposition, not a lexical parent edge.
Dudenredaktion · Jacob Grimm · Rosemarie Lühr · establishedWORD-FAMILY REUSE
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