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From: Laura DePaolis <>
Subject: Re: [OLD-GERMAN] meaning of name
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 19:46:32 -0500
References: <NCBBKNMHKPHOGPLEGEJNKEHAEJAA.iupgen@mindspring.com>
In-Reply-To: <01d301c35eaf$adcd3360$96fd5a42@pharaoh>


Hi all..

I like this link...http://dict.leo.org/

It gives us non German speaking listers a choice of definitions and variations..

Regards,

Laura DePaolis
Sugar Land, TX

At 02:47 PM 08/09/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Thank you! I took one semester of German about 20 years ago and also spent
>3 weeks in Germany about that same time. My knowledge of the German
>language is minimal. I'd have been "lost" if you had only referenced the
>links with no explanation.
>
>Thanks again,
>Madeline
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Irene Peters" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 2:10 PM
>Subject: RE: [OLD-GERMAN] meaning of name
>
>
>> Madeline,
>>
>> Yes, if you translate it literally, Gott is God, and lieb(e) is love. So
>it
>> would be Loved by God or Loves God.
>>
>> However, I just looked up the meaning of the name at
>> http://www.heinacher.de/ and it says there that the name is a "17th/18th
>> century pietistic neologism, related to the Old High German term "leiba",
>> which meant 'rest, leftover' or 'descendant' ".
>>
>> http://www.kindername.de/ says that the name derives from the Old High
>> German terms "got" (God) and "leip" (heir). Which I think is quite similar
>> to the first explanation...
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Irene
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The De Long Family [mailto:]
>> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:52 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [OLD-GERMAN] meaning of name
>>
>>
>> My great uncle's name was Bernhard Gottlieb Cornelius. I think Gottlieb
>was
>> not an uncommon name during his day. I am curious if there is a literal
>> translation for the name. I remember that Gott means God. And I think I
>> recall that liebe means love. If that is the case, would Gottlieb mean
>> something such as beloved? Bernhard was the 5th child, but the first
>male.
>>
>> Madeline
>>
>>
>>
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