lover
die Geliebte, die Geliebten
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lover
A person whom someone loves or with whom someone has a romantic relationship; it often refers to a person involved in an extramarital relationship.
Sie traf ihren Geliebten heimlich in einem Café.
She secretly met her lover in a café.
| gender | feminine die |
|---|---|
| plural | die Geliebten |
| genitive | der Geliebten |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | die Geliebte | die Geliebten |
| accusative | die Geliebte | die Geliebten |
| dative | der Geliebten | den Geliebten |
| genitive | der Geliebten | der Geliebten |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
'Der Geliebte' (the male lover) and 'die Geliebte' (the female lover) belong to the word family of 'lieben' (to love) and are related to 'geliebt' (loved). The forms therefore refer to a person as the one whom someone loves.
In ihrem Tagebuch schrieb sie oft über ihren Geliebten.
She often wrote about her lover in her diary.
Common collocations include 'ein heimlicher Geliebter' (a secret lover), 'den Geliebten treffen' (to meet one's lover), and 'dem Geliebten schreiben' (to write to one's lover). Depending on its function in the sentence, the noun can appear in the accusative or dative case, for example.
Sie schrieb ihrem Geliebten eine lange Nachricht.
She wrote her lover a long message.
The word often sounds literary or somewhat old-fashioned. It is especially common in stories about a secret or extramarital relationship.
Im Roman wartet die Frau jeden Abend auf ihren Geliebten.
In the novel, the woman waits for her lover every evening.
