love-hate
love-hate · love-hates · love-hated · love-hating
hasslieben
To feel both love and hate, often simultaneouslyTo feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously.
/ˌlʌvˈheɪt/
Meaning
1 sensesTo feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously.
hasslieben
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously:
Origin
The adjective is a calque of German Liebe-Hass (now more commonly Hassliebe (“love-hate reThe adjective is a calque of German Liebe-Hass (now more commonly Hassliebe (“love-hate relationship”)), from Liebe (“love; relationship of love”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”)) + Hass (“hate; hatred”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“anger; hatred”)).
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Forms
love-hates, love-hating, love-hated, love-hated| Base form | love-hate · to love-hate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | love-hates |
| Present participle | love-hating |
| Past simple | love-hated |
| Past participle | love-hated |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfrenemy
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle