lieb haben
[ˈliːp haːbn̩]
The verdict
“lieb haben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden sehr mögen, in jemanden verliebt sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-lieb-haben · lieb haben · German
lieb haben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lieb haben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈliːp haːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „lieb haben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
lieb haben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈliːp haːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden sehr mögen, in jemanden verliebt sein".
lieb haben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is lieb haben, spelled L-I-E-B- -H-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden sehr mögen, in jemanden verliebt sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lieb haben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe ihn lieb gehabt.
Er hat sie sehr lieb.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.