lijk

See also: -lijk

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k
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  • IPA(key): /lɛi̯k/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką. Compare West Frisian lyk, German Leiche, English lich, Danish lig. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lijk n (plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

  1. The dead but otherwise (mostly) intact body of a human or animal; corpse
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate to English leech.

Noun

lijk n (plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

  1. (nautical) leech

Etymology 3

Cognate to English like.

Adverb

lijk

  1. (archaic) like

Verb

lijk

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