Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gottlieb

/ɡˈɑtlˌib/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: got-tlieb
IPA: /ɡˈɑtlˌib/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"“People don’t come to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gottlieb.

Inflected Forms

Gottliebs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce gottlieb?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɑtlˌib/.
What does gottlieb mean?: A surname from German.
Where does gottlieb come from?: Borrowed from German Gottlieb.

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