Leich

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Bavarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Leich f (plural Leichn)

  1. corpse, dead body
  2. funeral

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Central Franconian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Leich f

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

East Central German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Leich f (plural Leing)

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

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References[edit]

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80:

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a song consisting of strophes of unequal length

Declension[edit]

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Leich f (plural Leiche)

  1. corpse, body (deceased)

Plautdietsch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk.

Noun[edit]

Leich f (plural Leichen)

  1. corpse, dead body, cadaver