Lied

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Leed (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German liod.

Noun

Lied n

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) song

German

Etymology

From Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod (“song, lay, singing”), from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ (“song”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Lied n (strong, genitive Liedes or Lieds, plural Lieder, diminutive Liedchen n or Liedlein n)

  1. (music) song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)

Declension

Declension of Lied
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Lied die Lieder
genitive eines des Liedes, Lieds der Lieder
dative einem dem Lied, Liede1 den Liedern
accusative ein das Lied die Lieder

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → English: lied
  • → Finnish: lied
  • → Romanian: lied

See also

Further reading

  • “Lied” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Lied” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Lied” in Duden online
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Lied”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod (“song, lay, singing”), from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ (“song”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Lied n (plural Lieder, diminutive Liedche)

  1. song
    Sie singe en aarich scheenes Lied.
    They are singing a very beautiful song.
    Ich kenne das Lied net.
    I don't know the song.

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Lied, Dutch lied, Old English lēoþ.

Noun

Lied n (plural Lieder)

  1. song
  2. hymn

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