From Middle High German and Old High German lebēn, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).
Cognate with Old Saxon libbian (Middle Low German leven, German Low German lęven, lewen (“to live”)), Dutch leven, English live, West Frisian libje, Old Norse lifa (Swedish leva), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).
leben (weak, third-person singular present lebt, past tense lebte, past participle gelebt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | leben | ||||
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present participle | lebend | ||||
past participle | gelebt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich lebe | wir leben | i | ich lebe | wir leben |
du lebst | ihr lebt | du lebest | ihr lebet | ||
er lebt | sie leben | er lebe | sie leben | ||
preterite | ich lebte | wir lebten | ii | ich lebte1 | wir lebten1 |
du lebtest | ihr lebtet | du lebtest1 | ihr lebtet1 | ||
er lebte | sie lebten | er lebte1 | sie lebten1 | ||
imperative | leb (du) lebe (du) |
lebt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
lében
From Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, related to Old English libban, Old Norse lifa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).
lebēn
infinitive | lebēn | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | lebēm, lebēn | lebēta |
2nd person singular | lebēs, lebēst | lebētōs, lebētōst |
3rd person singular | lebēt | lebēta |
1st person plural | lebēm, lebēmēs | lebētum, lebētumēs |
2nd person plural | lebēt | lebētut |
3rd person plural | lebēnt | lebētun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | lebe | lebēti |
2nd person singular | lebēs, lebēst | lebētīs, lebētīst |
3rd person singular | lebe | lebēti |
1st person plural | lebēm, lebēmēs | lebētīm, lebētīmēs |
2nd person plural | lebēt | lebētīt |
3rd person plural | lebēn | lebētīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | lebe | |
plural | lebēt | |
participle | present | past |
lebēnti | gilebēt |
Derived from the verb lebēn.
lebēn n