See also: lied

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Leed (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology edit

From Old High German liod.

Noun edit

Lied n

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) song

German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Hyponyms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

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

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Lied, Dutch lied, Old English lēoþ.

Noun edit

Lied n (plural Lieder)

  1. song
  2. hymn

Related terms edit