liederlich

Meaning

slovenly, wanton, dissolute, lax

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

liederlig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

liedrig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

windig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːdɐlɪç/
Etymology

In summary

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ludraz (“useless; worthless; bad”). Compare Old Norse loddari (“juggler; tramp”), Old High German lotar (“vain; void; insignificant”), Dutch lodder (“a wanton”), Old English loddere (“pauper, beggar”) and English lither. See also lotterig (“slovenly”).

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