Lied
See also: lied
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Leed (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German liod.
Noun
Lied n
- (southern Moselle Franconian) song
German
Etymology
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
Noun
Lied n (strong, genitive Liedes or Lieds, plural Lieder, diminutive Liedchen n or Liedlein n)
Declension
Declension of Lied [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
- Abendlied
- Adventslied
- Arbeiterlied
- Bettlerlied
- Dirnenlied
- Freiheitslied
- Frühlingslied
- Galeerenlied
- Gassenlied
- Geburtstagslied
- Gondellied
- Hirtenlied
- Hochzeitslied
- Kampflied
- Karnevalslied
- Kinderlied
- Kunstlied
- Liebeslied
- Lieblingslied
- Loblied
- Marschlied
- Martinslied
- Minnelied
- Morgenlied
- Preislied
- Sauflied
- Schäferlied
- Schifferlied
- Schlaflied
- Seemannslied
- Soldatenlied
- Studentenlied
- Trinklied
- Volkslied
- Wanderlied
- Weihnachtslied
- Wiegenlied
Related terms
- Liederabend
- Liederbuch
- Liederkranz
- Liedertafel
Descendants
See also
- Gesangsstück, Gesangstück
- Instrumentalstück
- Musikstück
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /liːd/
Noun
Lied n (plural Lieder, diminutive Liedche)
- 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
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German Lied, Dutch lied, Old English lēoþ.
Noun
Lied n (plural Lieder)