love-hate
hassliebend
Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneouslyOf a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.
/ˌlʌvˈheɪt/
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.
hassliebend
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
involving feelings of both love and hate, 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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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedlove-hatred