See also: -lijk

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

lijk n (plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

lijk n (plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

  1. (nautical) leech

Etymology 3 edit

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

Adverb edit

lijk

  1. (archaic) like

Verb edit

lijk

  1. inflection of lijken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative