Leich

Inherited from Middle High German līche, from Old High German līh, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɛ̯ç/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlæːç/ (East Central, Vienna)

Leich f (plural Leichn)

1. corpse, dead body
2. funeral

• Lich (most dialects of Ripuarian)
• Liech (some dialects of Ripuarian)

Inherited from Middle High German līche, from Old High German līh, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Leich f

1. (Moselle Franconian) corpse (dead human body)

Inherited from Middle High German līche, from Old High German līh, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Leich f (plural Leing)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) corpse, body

   sisst wie ne Leich

   You look lik a corpse.

• Leinghall
• Leingkastn
• Leingstaa
• Leingwohng

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80

Learned borrowing from Middle High German leich, from Old High German leih, from Proto-West Germanic *laik (“dance, game”). Cognate with Old English lac (“play, sport”), Middle Low German lēk and Swedish lek.

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯ç/

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• Homophone: Laich
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

Leich m (strong, genitive Leiches or Leichs, plural Leiche or Leichs)

1. a song consisting of strophes of unequal length

Inherited from Middle High German līche, from Old High German līh, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Leich f (plural Leiche)

1. corpse, body (deceased)

Inherited from Middle Low German lîk, from Old Saxon līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Leich f (plural Leichen)

1. corpse, dead body, cadaver