Yiddish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /ˈɫɛbn̩/, [ˈɫɛ.bm̩]
  • (Poylish, Ukrainish) IPA(key): [ˈɫeɪ.bm̩]

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German leben, from Old High German lebēn, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną. Compare German leben and Leben. Akin to Dutch leven, English live and life, Swedish leva.

Verb edit

לעבן (lebn) (past participle געלעבט (gelebt))

  1. to live
  2. to make a living; (with פֿון (fun)) to live off
Conjugation edit
See also edit

Noun edit

לעבן (lebnn, plural לעבנס (lebns)

  1. life

Etymology 2 edit

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Preposition edit

לעבן (lebn)

  1. near
    Synonym: בײַ (bay)
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