Libido

See also: libido and libidó

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin libīdō. The usual stress on the first syllable probably from a generalisation of the tendency that penultimate Latin -i- is short; perhaps also reinforced by association with Liebe (“love”), though this is speculative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːbi.do/
• IPA^(key): /liˈbiːdo/ (classicistic, but quite uncommon in practice)

• Audio:

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Noun

Libido f (genitive Libido, no plural)

1. libido (sexual urges or drives)

Declension

Declension of Libido [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Libido
genitive	einer	der	Libido
dative	einer	der	Libido
accusative	eine	die	Libido

Derived terms

• libidinös

Further reading

• “Libido” in Duden online