noun
liefling
Liefling (noun) means a person who is loved dearly; a darling.
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A person who is loved dearly; a darling.
"Ma gives a long-suffering sigh. It's all my fault. You're paranoid, Stella. No—YOU'RE paranoid! Stop! Simon's cracking, broken voice rises up above the fray. Johannes is whispering into Marietjie's ear, My liefling."
— Anne Landsman, The Rowing Lesson (2007)
"There was another word she called him sometimes; it had a funny sound to it, liefling. In truth she knew well that it meant 'darling'. She casually told him it meant 'dreamer'. He would remember those magical, special words, always."
— Michelle Bowers, Outstanding Justice (2006)
"She simply dropped her face onto his chest and hugged him tight. Is this feeling running through my body, the feeling of . . . true love? “Kom, my liefling, we should hike first up the mountain—where we can talk.”"
— Kenn Joubert, The Early Years (2012)
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Etymology
Formed from lief and -ling (compare darling, from dear and -ling), and perhaps taken from or shaped by Afrikaans liefling ("darling") and German Liebling ("darling"). Compare also loveling.
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"liefling" (noun) means a person who is loved dearly; a darling.
