leuk
Dutch
Etymology
Uncertain, probably related to lauw (“lukewarm”); compare English luke and lukewarm.[1] The earliest attestations refer to the sense of "lukewarm", other senses are later semantic developments. The sense "calm, level-headed" is still visible in some derived terms, such as leukweg, leukjes and doodleuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /løːk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -øːk
Adjective
leuk (comparative leuker, superlative leukst)
- nice, pleasant, enjoyable
- attractive
- Synonym: aantrekkelijk
- Vind je haar leuk? ― Do you find her attractive?
- (obsolete) calm, level-headed
- Hij was een leuke man. ― He was a level-headed man.
- (obsolete) lukewarm
- Synonym: lauw
- Het water was leuk. ― The water was lukewarm.
Declension
| Declension of leuk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | leuk | |||
| inflected | leuke | |||
| comparative | leuker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | leuk | leuker | het leukst het leukste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | leuke | leukere | leukste |
| n. sing. | leuk | leuker | leukste | |
| plural | leuke | leukere | leukste | |
| definite | leuke | leukere | leukste | |
| partitive | leuks | leukers | — | |
Derived terms
- allerleukst
- doodleuk
- keileuk
- knetterleuk
- leukerd
- leukheid
- leukig
- leukjes
- leukweg
- opleuken
- superleuk
Descendants
- Petjo: leuk
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English *hlēoc. See modern lukewarm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liu̯k/
Adjective
leuk
- lukewarm; having medium warmth
- (figurative) unenthusiastic, lazy
- (figurative) weak, tired
Descendants
- English: luke (dialectal)
References
- “leuk, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 March 2018.
Scots
Noun
leuk (plural leuks)
- alternative form of luik
Verb
leuk (third-person singular simple present leuks, present participle leukin, simple past leukit, past participle leukit)
- alternative form of luik