lekker
Meaning
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- having a nice taste, tasty, delectable
- (Netherlands) good, nice, pleasant, satisfying in a more generic sense
- (colloquial) hot, sexy, physically attractive
- (Netherlands,mainly) Healthy, well, in good health (not afflicted by illness)
- (Netherlands,informal) sound of mind, sane
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lek‧ker
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɛ.kər/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lecker, derived from the verb lekken (“lick”) (Dutch likken). Cognate to German lecker, Afrikaans lekker, Middle Low German lecker, Norwegian lekker, Swedish läcker and Danish lækker. More at lick.
New
lek
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leaky
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