Look

See also: look and löök

English

Etymology 1

From Luke (“a given name”).

Proper noun

Look

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 陸／陆 (luk⁶, “a surname”).

Proper noun

Look

1. A surname from Chinese.

Anagrams

• kolo, kool

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as loewijck in 1450. Derived from a contracted compound of lo (“light forest”) and wijk (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Look
• Rhymes: -oːk
• Homophone: look

Proper noun

Look n

1. A hamlet in Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English look.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Look m (strong, genitive Looks, plural Looks)

1. (colloquial) look

Declension

Declension of Look [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Look	die	Looks
genitive	eines	des	Looks	der	Looks
dative	einem	dem	Look	den	Looks
accusative	einen	den	Look	die	Looks

Further reading

• “Look” in Duden online
• “Look” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache