lijk
Meaning
-
the dead but otherwise (mostly) intact body of a human or animal; corpse
Concepts
corpse
cadaver
body
carcass
dead body
carcase
leech
carrion
stiff
corse
funeral
obsequies
remains
Aas
clay
goner
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɛi̯k/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch *līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką. Compare West Frisian lyk, German Leiche, English lich, Danish lig. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
New
lijken
-
- (copulative) to seem, appear
- (intransitive) to look like, resemble (depict well what it is intended to)
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