Definify.com

Definition 2024

lijk

lijk

See also: -lijk

Dutch

Noun

lijk n ‎(plural lijken, diminutive lijkje n)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Similar Results