lieder
Use Lieder in a sentence noun, plural lied·er 
[lee-der; German lee-duh
r] .
[lee-der; German lee-duhr] . a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership: Schubert lieder.
Origin:
1850–55; < German
1850–55; < German
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| —n , pl lieder | |
| music any of various musical settings for solo voice and piano of a romantic or lyrical poem, for which composers such as Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf are famous | |
| [from German: song] | |
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Word Origin & History
lied
1852, from Ger., lit. "song," from M.H.G. liet, from O.H.G. liod, from P.Gmc. *leuthan (see laud).
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Medical Dictionary
lie (lī)
n.
The manner or position in which something is situated, especially the relation that the long axis of a fetus bears to that of its mother.
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Cultural Dictionary
lieder [(lee-duhr)]The plural of lied, the German word for “song.” It refers to art songs in German mainly from the nineteenth century. The most notable composer of lieder was Franz Schubert.
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Example sentences
One hears much lamentation these days to the effect that the art of lieder is either moribund or dead.
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