lieb
\liːp\
The verdict
“lieb” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gentil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lieb · lieb · French
lieb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \liːp\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lieb is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \liːp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lieb doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lieb, spelled L-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1Gentil.
- 2Cher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lieb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist lieb von dir.
«Das ist lieb von dir, anzunehmen, ich interessiere mich für dergleichen», antwortete Bärlach, ohne vom Anzeiger aufzublicken, «aber ich weiß nicht, ob es gerade die geeignete Lektüre für mich ist.
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.