liebhaben
German, verb/ˈliːphaːbən/
liebhaben is spelled L-I-E-B-H-A-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liebhaben is a German verb meaning “alternative spelling of lieb haben” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden sehr mögen, in jemanden verliebt sein”.
What does liebhaben mean in English?
verb
- 1
alternative spelling of lieb haben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden sehr mögen, in jemanden verliebt sein
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 liebhaben
- hat lieb present singular third-person
- hatte lieb past
- liebgehabt participle past
- hätte lieb past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- liebhabend participle present
- liebzuhaben infinitive infinitive-zu
- habe lieb first-person indicative present
- haben lieb first-person indicative plural
- hast lieb indicative present second-person
- habt lieb indicative plural present
- habest lieb second-person singular subjunctive
- habet lieb plural second-person subjunctive
- hatten lieb first-person indicative plural
- hätten lieb first-person plural subjunctive
- hattest lieb indicative preterite second-person
- hattet lieb indicative plural preterite
- hättest lieb second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liebhaben?
- /ˈliːphaːbən/
- /ˈliːphaːbn̩/
- [ˈliːpˌhaːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is liebhaben in German?
liebhaben appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).