Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Du bist nett und Du bist lieb ?Du kannst auch einfach Beispielsätze geben.

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luhaman

7 Feb

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Deutsch

lieb is a bit warmer, more personal or intimate, but they are close.
You can use "lieb" often like "dear" (much loved): Dear friend, dear Mr. N., Lieber Freund, lieber Herr N.

Das ist lieb/das ist nett they are nearly the same.
Das sind ganz liebe Menschen

Lieb sounds a bit more serious too. Nett may also be a superficial kindness. Nett can also sound reserved. Er ist nett (mehr nicht). That can express that you don't like somebody particularly (his behaviour is okay, friendly enough to get along with him).

But lieb is a bit tricky. The phrase "du bist lieb" sounds much more intimate than "Du bist nett". So

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Halala

7 Feb

Deutsch

That's not easy to answer, mostly because those expressions have different connotations in different regions of the german speaking countries. I'd roughly think of them as

nett: nice, kind
lieb: sweet (which might also mean kind, but might sound overboard or a little too intimate, at times it might also sound patronising honestly, "lieb" is much less straight forward in comparioson in my experience)

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JagerGoHome

7 Feb

Englisch (US)

@Halala okay thank you, I didn’t want to make a mistake like I did learning Swedish. I asked someone I kind of know if everyone in Sweden was as kind as him but the word I used was more like „is everyone as nice looking as you“ but luckily he knew I didn’t mean it like that and was still learning

luhaman

7 Feb

Deutsch

lieb is a bit warmer, more personal or intimate, but they are close.
You can use "lieb" often like "dear" (much loved): Dear friend, dear Mr. N., Lieber Freund, lieber Herr N.

Das ist lieb/das ist nett they are nearly the same.
Das sind ganz liebe Menschen

Lieb sounds a bit more serious too. Nett may also be a superficial kindness. Nett can also sound reserved. Er ist nett (mehr nicht). That can express that you don't like somebody particularly (his behaviour is okay, friendly enough to get along with him).

But lieb is a bit tricky. The phrase "du bist lieb" sounds much more intimate than "Du bist nett". So

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JagerGoHome

7 Feb

Englisch (US)

@luhaman Danke für deine Erklärung. Die Verwendung von lieb in diesem Zusammenhang ist für mich eine neue Idee, die ich kürzlich gelernt habe. Ich habe einen Fehler auf Schwedisch gemacht, als ich gelernt habe, wie man sagt, dass du nett bist, und versehentlich jemandem gesagt habe, dass ich sie stattdessen attraktiv fand 😅