noun Frie·drich Gott·lieb [free-drikh gawt-leep] /ˈfri drɪx ˈgɔt lip/, 1724–1803, German poet. nounFriedrich Gottlieb (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈɡɔtliːp). 1724–1803, German poet, noted for his religious epic Der Messias (1748–73) and for his odes