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).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑɛ̯ç/
  • IPA(key): /ˈlæːç/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun edit

Leich f (plural Leichn)

  1. corpse, dead body
  2. funeral

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Lich (most dialects of Ripuarian)
  • Liech (some dialects of Ripuarian)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh.

Noun edit

Leich f

  1. (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.

Noun edit

Leich f (plural Leing)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) corpse, body
    sisst wie ne Leich
    You look lik a corpse.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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

 
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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.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Leich m (strong, genitive Leiches or Leichs, plural Leiche or Leichs)

  1. a song consisting of strophes of unequal length

Declension edit

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.

Noun edit

Leich f (plural Leiche)

  1. corpse, body (deceased)

Plautdietsch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk.

Noun edit

Leich f (plural Leichen)

  1. corpse, dead body, cadaver