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From Middle High German lief, from Old High German *liof, lief, northern variant of liob, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.

leev (masculine leeve, feminine and plural leev or leeve, comparative leever, superlative et leevste)

  1. (Ripuarian) lovable, sweet, dear, darling, good-hearted

    Woröm säs de mer net ens jet Leeves?

    Why don’t you say something sweet to me for once?

    • 1975, “Leev Linda Lou”‎[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:

      Du verdräs einfach mieh als ich,
      Ich jläuv, du drinks mich unger der Desch.
      O Linda, Linda, Linda Lou, o Linda, Linda Lou!
      Keiner schaff su vill wie du, leev Linda Lou...

      You can simply take more than me,
      I'm sure you'll drink me under the table.
      O Linda, Linda, Linda Lou, o Linda, Linda Lou!
      Nobody can drink as much as you, dear Linda Lou...
  masculine neuter feminine plural
positive
predicative / adverbial leev
common
case 		strong leeve leev
weak
partitive leeves —
dative
case 		initial leevem leever leeve
non-initial leeve
comparative
predicative / adverbial leever
common
case 		strong leevere leever
weak
partitive leeveres —
dative
case 		initial leeverem leeverer leevere
non-initial leevere
superlative
predicative / adverbial et leevste
common
case 		strong leevste
weak
dative
case 		initial leevstem leevster leevste
non-initial leevste
In this declension type, strong (indefinite) and weak (definite) forms are either not at all distinguished or by tone only. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns like jet (“something”). In the singular dative, there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position, depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase or not.