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English
Etymology
Dutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.
Proper noun
Like (plural Likes)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Like is the 21878th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1187 individuals. Like is most common among White (81.3%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English like.
Pronunciation
Noun
Like m or n (strong, genitive Likes or Like, plural Likes)
- (Internet) like (individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet)
2017, “Meine Welt”, in Nichts war umsonst, performed by Prinz Pi:Ich trage meine Lieblingsnikes / Nach der Wäsche sind sie wieder weiß / Wie könnt' ich nicht zufrieden sein / Scheiß auf die Likes, nix geht über Familienzeit- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2022 November 20, Johannes Drosdowski, “Twitter-Alternative Mastodon: Auf einem anderen Planeten”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Denn viele nutzen Twitter, um eine möglichst große Reichweite zu erlangen, viele Likes zu bekommen, oft retweetet zu werden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Like” in Duden online
- “Like” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache