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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
Noun
Leich f (plural Leichn)
- corpse, dead body
- funeral
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Central Franconian
- Lich (most dialects of Ripuarian)
- Liech (some dialects of Ripuarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh.
Noun
Leich f
- (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)
- (Erzgebirgisch) corpse, body
sisst wie ne Leich- You look lik a corpse.
Derived terms
References
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German
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)
- 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)
- corpse, body (deceased)
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk.
Noun
Leich f (plural Leichen)
- corpse, dead body, cadaver