lieb
German, adjective/liːp/
lieb is spelled L-I-E-B (4 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lieb is a German adjective meaning “lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of lieben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “liebenswürdig, nett”.
What does lieb mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind
Danke! Das ist sehr lieb von dir.
- 2
good; well-behaved
- 3
dear
verb
- 1
singular imperative of lieben
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of lieben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. liebenswürdig, nett 2. geschätzt, gemocht 3. folgsam und artig
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 lieb
- lieber masculine nominative singular
- am liebsten superlative
- liebe feminine nominative singular
- liebes neuter nominative singular
- lieben genitive masculine singular
- liebem dative masculine singular
- der liebe definite includes-article masculine
- die liebe definite feminine includes-article
- das liebe definite includes-article neuter
- die lieben definite includes-article nominative
- des lieben definite genitive includes-article
- der lieben definite feminine genitive
- dem lieben dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lieb?
- /liːp/
- [liːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lieb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lieb in German?
lieb appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).