lieber Gottn.
/ˈliːbə ɡɒt/ Dear God, chiefly as int.
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the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection]
goodness1623
agad1672
Godsokers1672
Oh dear!1694
law1763
lud1767
Dear me!1773
Lor1776
dear knows!1805
Great God!1819
Great Scott1852
Jehoshaphat1857
lors1860
Great Sun!1867
Great Caesar!1870
gracious me!1884
my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886
snakes1891
lieber Gott1898
my gosh!1920
cor1931
1898 E. von Arnim Elizabeth & her German Garden 50 The April baby came..to ask about the lieber Gott, it being Sunday.
1912 R. Brooke Old Vicarage Grantchester (1916) 7 And I know How the May fields all golden show..Gild gloriously the bare feet That run to bathe... Du lieber Gott!
1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica v. 120 Lieber Gott! What do you think I am, eh?
1954 M. Stewart Madam, will you Talk? xxi. 160 Kramer snarled: ‘Lieber Gott, will you listen to me?’
1969 A. Marin Rise with Wind vi. 75 Weber said grimly, ‘Lieber Gott, what a profession to be in.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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