Lieber
German, noun
Lieber is spelled L-I-E-B-E-R (6 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written German, the 420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lieber is a German masculine noun meaning “dear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, lieber is a different word: “comparative degree of lieb”.
What does Lieber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedear
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of lieb
adjective
- 1
inflection of lieb
- 2
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 3
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 4
strong genitive plural
adverb
- 1
comparative degree of gern; rather, better, by preference
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Komparativ von gern 2. vorzugsweise, als bessere Alternative
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 Lieber
- der Liebe definite nominative
- Lieben genitive
- Liebe plural
- die Lieben definite plural
- Liebem dative singular strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Lieber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lieber in German?
Lieber appears 204 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).