See also: -lijk

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɛi̯k/
  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: lijk
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch *līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

Compare West Frisian lyk, German Leiche, English lich, Danish lig. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Noun

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lijk n (plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

  1. the dead but otherwise (mostly) intact body of a human or animal; corpse
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: lyk
  • Negerhollands: liek

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch *līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk. Cognate to English leech.

Noun

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lijk n (plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

  1. (nautical) leech

Etymology 3

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Equivalent to the second element of gelijk (like, similar). Cognate to English like.

Adverb

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lijk

  1. (archaic) like

Verb

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lijk

  1. inflection of lijken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative