Leich
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German līche, līch f (“body”), from Old High German līh, (“body, shape, figure”), from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).
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Noun edit
Leich f (plural Leichn)
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Central Franconian edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh.
Noun edit
Leich f
- (Moselle Franconian) corpse (dead human body)
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German līche, līch f (“body”), from Old High German līh n, f, (“body, shape, figure”). Compare German Leiche.
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Leich f (plural Leing)
- (Erzgebirgisch) corpse, body
- sisst wie ne Leich
- You look lik a corpse.
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- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80:
German edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Middle High German leich, from Old High German leih, from Proto-West Germanic *laik (“dance, game”). Cognate with Old English lac (“play, sport”), Middle Low German lēk and Swedish lek.
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Leich m (strong, genitive Leiches or Leichs, plural Leiche or Leichs)
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Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh. Compare German Leiche, Dutch lijk, Old English līc, which was modernized to English lich.
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Leich f (plural Leiche)
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk.
Noun edit
Leich f (plural Leichen)