"lieber" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈliːbɐ/ Audio: De-lieber.ogg
Etymology: Comparative of lieb. Cognate to archaic English liever. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|liever}} English liever Head templates: {{head|de|comparative adjective}} lieber
  1. comparative degree of lieb Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: lieb
    Sense id: en-lieber-de-adj-dx6Dto2z Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 44 6 5 5 2 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 6 4 2 2 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 2 1 1 1 43

Adjective

IPA: /ˈliːbɐ/ Audio: De-lieber.ogg
Etymology: Comparative of lieb. Cognate to archaic English liever. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|liever}} English liever Head templates: {{head|de|adjective form}} lieber
  1. inflection of lieb:
    strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    Tags: form-of, masculine, mixed, nominative, singular, strong Form of: lieb
    Sense id: en-lieber-de-adj-RSLqPgfk
  2. inflection of lieb:
    strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    Tags: dative, feminine, form-of, genitive, singular, strong Form of: lieb
    Sense id: en-lieber-de-adj-S8ByzBuo
  3. inflection of lieb:
    strong genitive plural
    Tags: form-of, genitive, plural, strong Form of: lieb
    Sense id: en-lieber-de-adj-doWTziIi
  4. inflection of lieb: Tags: form-of Form of: lieb, lieb
    Sense id: en-lieber-de-adj-5djqnlZo

Adverb

IPA: /ˈliːbɐ/ Audio: De-lieber.ogg
Etymology: Comparative of lieb. Cognate to archaic English liever. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|liever}} English liever Head templates: {{head|de|comparative adverb}} lieber
  1. comparative degree of gern; rather, better, by preference Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: gern (extra: rather, better, by preference)
    Sense id: en-lieber-de-adv-EPJNtvzo Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 44 6 5 5 2 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 6 4 2 2 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 2 1 1 1 43
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