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German
Etymology
gegen- + Liebe
Pronunciation
Noun
Gegenliebe f (genitive Gegenliebe, plural Gegenlieben)
- requited love; (figurative) encouragement
- keine Gegenliebe finden ― not find any favor
1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 4. Akt, 19. Auftritt; republished as R. D. Boylan, transl., (Please provide a date or year):Weil ich's ihm gestanden / Und keine Gegenliebe fand.- I had owned my love, / But met with no return.
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