Liebe
German, noun
Liebe is spelled L-I-E-B-E (5 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written German, the 310th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liebe is a German feminine noun meaning “love (tender feeling of affection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, liebe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “inniges Gefühl der Zuneigung für jemanden oder für etwas”.
What does Liebe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelove (tender feeling of affection)
- 2
femininea feeling of love for someone or something particular
- 3
femininea love relationship
- 4
femininesex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inniges Gefühl der Zuneigung für jemanden oder für etwas 2. sexuell oder erotisch motivierte Neigung zu jemandem oder zu einer Sache 3. Geschlechtsakt; Akt der körperlichen Vereinigung in Folge von [2] 4. Liebschaft
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 Liebe
- Lieben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Liebe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Liebe in German?
Liebe appears 302 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).