different between leben vs labneh

German

Etymology

From Old High German leb?n, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Old Saxon libbian (Middle Low German leven, German Low German l?ven, lewen (“to live”)), Dutch leven, English live, West Frisian libje, Old Norse lifa (Swedish leva), Gothic ???????????????????? (liban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?b?n/, [?le?bm?], [?le?b(?)n]

Verb

leben (weak, third-person singular present lebt, past tense lebte, past participle gelebt, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to live, to be alive
2. (intransitive) to dwell, to reside
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3. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to occupy a place

4. (intransitive, hyperbolic) to cope with, to live with, to deal with

Conjugation

Synonyms

• wohnen

Derived terms

Related terms

• bleiben
• Leben
• lebendig
• Leib

Further reading

• “leben” in Duden online
• “leben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Nubi

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (laban).

Noun

lében

1. milk

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjan?, related to Old English libban, Old Norse lifa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Verb

leb?n

1. to live

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle High German: leben
  • Alemannic German: lëëbe
    • Alsatian: lawe
    • Swabian: läba
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: lem

    Mòcheno: lem

  • German: leben
  • Luxembourgish: liewen
  • Vilamovian: ?aowa
  • Yiddish: ????? (lebn)

Etymology 2

Derived from the verb leb?n.

Noun

leb?n n

1. life

Descendants

• Middle High German: leben
  • Alemannic German: Läbe
  • German: Leben
  • Mòcheno: lem
  • Yiddish: ????? (lebn)

English

Alternative forms

• lebneh, labaneh, labne, lebni, labane, lebnah, lebna, labna, labana, lebeni, lebeneh, lebenah, labnah

Etymology

From South Levantine Arabic ???????? (labna).

Noun

labneh (uncountable)

1. Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.

Synonyms

• strained yoghurt
• yoghurt cheese

Related terms

• laban, leban

Translations

See also

• quark