Laib
German, noun/laɪ̯p/
Laib is spelled L-A-I-B (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laib is a German masculine noun meaning “loaf (of bread), wheel, block (of cheese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zähleinheit für große, runde und geformte Dinge wie Brot oder Käse”.
What does Laib mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloaf (of bread), wheel, block (of cheese)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zähleinheit für große, runde und geformte Dinge wie Brot oder Käse
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Laib
- Laibes genitive
- Laibs genitive
- Laibe plural
- Laibchen diminutive neuter
- Laiblein diminutive neuter
- Laiben dative definite plural
- Leib alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Laib?
- /laɪ̯p/
- [laɪ̯p]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Laib
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Laib in German?
Laib appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).