leuk

Meaning

1. nice, pleasant, enjoyable
2. attractive
3. (obsolete) calm, level-headed
4. (obsolete) lukewarm

Concepts

amusing

entertaining

funny

nice

pretty

cute

kind

fun

cheering

comical

curious

eccentric

enjoyable

hilarious

peculiar

pleasure

queer

sportive

wacky

winsome

odd

strange

weird

alluring

charming

disarming

graceful

lovely

jolly

merry

nifty

great

neat

comedic

prettily

beauteous

beautiful

bootiful

comely

easy on the eyes

fayre

goodly

prettiful

pulchrous

splendiferous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/løːk/

Etymology

Uncertain, probably related to lauw (“lukewarm”); compare English luke and lukewarm. 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.

Sentences

Veel mensen vinden het leuk om te reageren op fora .

Many people like to comment on forums.

Zijn stiefbroer was leuk , maar zijn stiefmoeder had hij niet zo graag .

His stepbrother was cute, but he didn't like his stepmother that much.