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lieben

to love

Ranks #267 by frequency — outside the core hundred, but common in everyday life.

Type
verb
Frequency rank
#267
Per million words
73

In a sentence

Ich liebe dich.I love you.

Conjugation

Present tense of lieben, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.

ich — Iliebe
du — youliebst
er/sie/es — he / she / itliebt
wir — welieben
ihr — you (plural)liebt
sie — theylieben
Perfecthat geliebt
Simple pastliebte

Forms its perfect tense with haben.

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