Can someone translate this german into english?

Question

"lieb abend liebchen" what does it mean..

Answer 1

Good evening sweetheart (or little darling)

Answer 2

the real translation would be 'dear evening sweetheart'

that would make the same (non)sense as in German.

but think it shoulsd mean 'nice evening darling' or have a nice evening sweetheart'.

Answer 3

The translation of the others is right. That is german used in poems at the end of the 18th and to the midth of the 19th century (Romantik 1790 -1850) and it reminds me to Edward Keats ... oh, how I love on a fair summers eve when streams of light pour down the golden west. The silver clouds far far away to leave all meaner thoughts ------- yeah that was that time.

Greetings from Hamburg, Germany

Heinz

Answer 4

well it's kinda old or 'poetic' german which is hardly used nowadays. "auf lieb kind machen" (pretending to be a nice child) is a phrase you still hear.

"Lieb' Abend, Liebchen!" would be short for "Ich wünsch Dir einen lieben Abend, Liebchen!"

- I wish you a dear evening, my dear!

something like that.

as already has been said before: you won't hear that good night wish very often here in germany. maybe in some rural, conservative areas. the sentence also shows a certain intimacy since "Liebe" = Love. usually germans say "Schönen Abend, ...!" or "Guten Abend, ...!"

Answer 5

Have a nice evening darling or sweetheart are both correct.

Above answers seem good. As they said it is not proper German but its understandable.

Answer 6

Well it's not great German but I'd say it means "Have a lovely evening, darling".

Answer 7

Well, the person who said that sentence is definitely not

German! It makes rather no sense but it could mean

"have a nice evening, darling" or just basically "good

evening darling" but translation is made very hard cos

of the weird formulation.

Hope it helps!

Answer 8

Thats not a real german sentence. Sounds like google translator

Its like: "beloved evening sweetheart"