leeg

See also: leég

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch leeg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪəχ/

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Adjective

leeg (attributive leë, comparative leër, superlative leegste)

1. empty

Antonyms

• vol

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːx/

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• Rhymes: -eːx

Etymology 1

From older ledig, from Middle Dutch lēdich, from Old Dutch *lithig, from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz.

Adjective

leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)

1. empty, hollow

   Synonym: laar

   • Jesse Frederik, "Dode liberalen over 'het grote dikke ik', hebzucht en graaiers", Follow the Money, 2 June 2015.

     ‘Ieder die nadenkt over de verhoudingen van den mensch tot het goed der aarde, zal getroffen worden door het feit dat vaak hij die arbeidt, arm is, terwijl hij die ledig door het leven gaat zich baadt in overvloed,’ stelde van der Linden vast.

     "Everyone who thinks about the relations between humanity and material goods, will be struck by the fact that often he who works is poor, while he who leads an empty life wallows in abundance," Van der Linden observed.

   De fles wijn was helaas leeg. ― Unfortunately, the bottle of wine was empty.

2. (figuratively) listless, lethargic

Declension

Declension of leeg
uninflected	leeg
inflected	lege
comparative	leger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		leeg	leger	het leegst het leegste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lege	legere	leegste
	n. sing.	leeg	leger	leegste
	plural	lege	legere	leegste
definite		lege	legere	leegste
partitive		leegs	legers	—

Alternative forms

• ledig, leêg

Antonyms

• vol

Derived terms

• leeghoofd
• leeglopen
• leegloper
• leegmaken
• leegstaan, leegstand
• leegte
• legen

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: leeg
• → Sranan Tongo: leigi
  • → Aukan: leigi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: légi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leeg

1. inflection of legen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, lege

German Low German

Adjective

leeg

1. Alternative spelling of leeg'.

Green Hmong

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藍 (lɑm, “green, blue, grue”). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lẽ˧˩̤/

Adjective

leeg

1. green
2. blue
3. grue

Usage notes

• This word is mostly used in Green Hmong loanwords of Chinese origin, and mostly in compound words.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• laeg
• lieg, liig

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *liqəʀ (cf. Bikol Central liog, Bolinao liey, Cebuano liog, Maguindanao lig, Maranao lig, Tausug liug), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ (cf. Malay leher, Hawaiian leo (“voice”), Maori reo (“voice; language”), Tetum lian (“voice; language”)), from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ (cf. Amis li'el).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈʔeɡ/ [lɛˈʔɛɡ]
  • Rhymes: -eɡ
• (now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈleʔeɡ/ [ˈlɛː.ʔɛɡ]
  • Rhymes: -eʔeɡ
• Syllabification: le‧eg

Noun

leég (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜁᜄ᜔)

1. (anatomy) neck
2. part of a garment that covers or encircles the neck

Derived terms

• hawak sa leeg
• leegan

 

Further reading

• “leeg”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch laech, from Old Dutch *lāg, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːɦ/
• Rhymes: -eːɦ

Adjective

leeg (comparative leger, superlative leegst)

1. lazy

White Hmong

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藍 (lɑm, “green, blue, grue”). Historically there was no distinction between green and blue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lẽ˧˩̤/

Adjective

leeg

1. green
2. blue
3. grue

Usage notes

• This word is mostly used in White Hmong loanwords of Chinese origin, and mostly in compound words.