Leich

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”).

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

Leich f (plural Leichn)

1. corpse, dead body
2. funeral

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

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

Leich f

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

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

Leich f (plural Leing)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) corpse, body

   sisst wie ne Leich

   You look lik a corpse.

• Leinghall
• Leingkastn
• Leingstaa
• Leingwohng

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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.

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯ç/

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• Homophone: Laich
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

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

1. a song consisting of strophes of unequal length

From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh. Compare German Leiche, Dutch lijk, Old English līc, which was modernized to English lich.

Leich f (plural Leiche)

1. corpse, body (deceased)

From Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk.

Leich f (plural Leichen)

1. corpse, dead body, cadaver