Leich

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Bavarian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

Leich f (plural Leichn)

  1. corpse, dead body
  2. funeral

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

Leich f

  1. (Moselle Franconian) corpse (dead human body)

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German līche, līch f (body), from Old High German līh n, f, (“body, shape, figure”). Compare German Leiche.

Noun

Leich f (plural Leing)

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

Derived terms

References

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German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a song consisting of strophes of unequal length

Declension

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Leich f (plural Leiche)

  1. corpse, body (deceased)

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk.

Noun

Leich f (plural Leichen)

  1. corpse, dead body, cadaver