litteken

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch litteken, from Middle Dutch lidteken, from older lijcteken.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

litteken (plural littekens)

  1. scar

Derived terms[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch lidteken, remotivation (as “member mark”) of older lijcteken (literally body mark), from Proto-West Germanic *līkataikn. Cognate with Old High German līhzeihhan, whence (with interpretation as “glue mark”) archaic German Leimzeichen, Luxembourgish Läinzeechen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪˌteː.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: lit‧te‧ken

Noun[edit]

litteken n (plural littekens, diminutive littekentje n)

  1. scar

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: litteken