Liebchen - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

Contents

  • 1 German
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Noun
      • 1.3.1 Declension
      • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.4 Further reading

German

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Etymology

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Liebe (love) +‎ -chen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Liebchenn (strong, genitive Liebchens, plural Liebchen)

  1. (endearing) sweetheart (a term of address)
    Synonyms: Schatz, Liebling
  2. dear (anything or anyone dear)
  3. paramour
    Synonyms: Kebse, Kebsweib
    • 1987, Karlheinz Deschner, Opus Diaboli. Fünfzehn unversöhnliche Essays über die Arbeit im Weinberg des Herrn, Reinbek: Rowohlt, page 92:

      Im übrigen haben die Zolibatäre, statt des ihnen nun verwehrten einen Weibes, Liebchen oft haufenweise, die Klerikerehe löst eine Art Klerikerharem ab.

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Declension

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Declension of Liebchen [neuter, strong]

singularplural
indef.def.noundef.noun
nominativeeindasLiebchendieLiebchen
genitiveeinesdesLiebchensderLiebchen
dativeeinemdemLiebchendenLiebchen
accusativeeindasLiebchendieLiebchen

Derived terms

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Further reading

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