noun#5,009 by frequency
der Liebhaber
/ˈliːpˌhaːbɐ/
aficionado, enthusiast, lover; an affair)
- genitive
- des Liebhabers
- plural
- die Liebhaber
- built from
- Lieb + Haber
Meanings
- 1
aficionado, enthusiast, lover
Maria machte ihn zu ihrem Liebhaber.
Tatoeba · felix63 · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
an affair) — lover (particularly of a married person
Ich spreche von deinem Liebhaber. Von ihm spreche ich.
I am talking about your lover. It is about him that I am talking.
Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sie hat einen Liebhaber in einer anderen Stadt.
She keeps a lover in another town.
Tatoeba · dasbeispielholz · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 3
lovemaker; a person with regard to their qualities as a sexual partnerrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derLiebhaber | dieLiebhaber |
| accusative | denLiebhaber | dieLiebhaber |
| dative | demLiebhaber | denLiebhabern |
| genitive | desLiebhabers | derLiebhaber |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.