link

Meaning

  1. (attributive, not-comparable) left
  2. (colloquial) untrustworthy
  3. (colloquial) dubious, wrong, disreputable, questionable
  4. (colloquial) sly, cunning

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lingg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɪŋk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German linc, lenc, from Old High German *link, lenk (“left”); compare Old High German lenka (“the left hand”).

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