"Love yourself" in German

What is the correct way to say "Love yourself" in German?

Thanks for any help!

In what sense?

Love yourself as in to be full of yourself or you need to love yourself and have some selfconfidence or neither?

Or in the sense of a quick five knuckle shuffle?

Thats revolting... but an expression I've not heard for that before- I like it, might have to make a note to use that one in future

Way before your time but is there just a frisson of a Dick "You're awful, but I like you " Emery vibe going on there?

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Haha--I didn't even think of how this could be interpreted.

Definitely in the 'love yourself, self-confidence' sense!

"DIY" in German

Selbstbefriedigung, get yourself some today!

Liebe dich selbst (as in "Liebe dich selbst und es ist egal wen du heiratest")

Sounds a bit funny, but maybe that's because I hate myself.

Or maybe "habe dich selber Lieb"?

Yeah, "liebe dich selbst" it is.

selbstbefriedigung

Selbstakzeptanz

egoistisch

I think to love yourself goes a little beyond accepting yourself. It is along the same lines, but one step further.

liebe dich selbst...though it sounds just as goofy in German as English.

In dich selbe verliebt.

F.J. did not know you was in to the 5 fingered shuffle !!!

In English people love everything except when doing it -- so it actually means 'to like' for the most part. ;-) Love in German has a much stronger sexual connotation.

What a load of crap like when i say i love my dog does that mean i want to shag it

I dunno, do you?

No i do not i think its a herman that does not grasp the full English language

Yeah, we do say "sich selbst lieben" and it is the more accurate translation here, since the verb is "to love" not "to accept". No need to go for a loose translation when you can have an accurate one that is still idiomatic.

Love does not have a sexual connotation, that is bs. I think what dost. is trying to say is we do not say "I love you" to everyone but that it has a strong romantic connotation so to friends we would usually say "Ich mag dich" or "Ich hab dich lieb", but that has nothing to do with this question.

Damn, 24 posts and nothing that can be used to organise "sexy time" Borat not like. Borat not happy.