Leib

Term: Leib
Method: Translation/History

From a German-English Dictionary: Body, belly, abdomen, womb, alive, soul

Definition: In German the terms leib (body) and leben (life) suggest an ancient connection between the soul and the body as if these were inseperable. Once upon a time, this was so. As the German historian Barbara Duden informs us, long ago we did not have bodies, we were bodies. Thus today, I am a live.