Leed

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Central Franconian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old High German liod.

Alternative forms

  • Lied (southern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Leed n (plural Leeder, diminutive Leedche)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) song
    • 2003, “Wenn mir Kölsche singe”‎performed by Bläck Fööss:
      Leeder zom Laache, zom Kriesche och,
      Ha’ mer en Kölle satt un jenooch.
      Wat uns bewääch un wat uns bedröck,
      Dat moss einfach rus, söns weed mer verröck!
      Songs for laughing, for crying too,
      We have in Cologne plenty and enough.
      What moves us and what depresses us
      Must be expressed, or else we go crazy!

Etymology 2

From Old High German leid.

Alternative forms

  • Lääd (eastern Moselle Franconian)
  • Leid (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Noun

Leed n (no plural)

  1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) sorrow; grief; agony

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Leed n

  1. sorrow, grief, woe

Derived terms

Further reading

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą.

Pronunciation

Noun

Leed n (plural Leeder or Leechter, diminutive Leddsche or Leedsche) (German-based spelling)

  1. (music) song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)
Usage notes
  • The generally used plural form is Leeder. The plural form Leechter is used in some parts of Selfkant (some speakers here also use Leech in the singular).
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liþu, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Pronunciation

Noun

Leed n (plural Leeder) (German-based spelling)

  1. (anatomy) joint, limb
  2. member
  3. link (in a chain)
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

From Leid, with regular Ripuarian-Limburgish monophthongisation of -ei-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Leed n (German-based spelling)

  1. East Limburgish-Ripuarian form of Leid (“woe, sorrow”)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German leid. Cognate with German Leid, Dutch leed.

Pronunciation

Noun

Leed n (uncountable)

  1. sorrow, grief, woe
  2. misery

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia