Dutch

Noun

lik m ‎(plural likken, diminutive likje n)

1. lick (a caress with the tongue)
2. (Netherlands): jail

Verb

lik

1. first-person singular present indicative of likken
2. imperative of likken

Anagrams

• kil

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English to like

Verb

lik

1. Imperative singular of liken.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of liken.

Greenlandic

Affix

lik

1. Indicating something provides something.

   e.g. Tasiusamik atilik

   A place called Tasiusaq (literally 'provided with the name Tasiusaq').

Livonian

Verb

lik

1. 1st person singular negative form of likkõ
2. 2nd person singular negative form of likkõ
3. 3rd person singular negative form of likkõ
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of likkõ

Lojban

Rafsi

lik

1. rafsi of litki.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik ‎(neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likere, indefinite superlative likest, definite superlative likeste)

1. similar, alike
2. equal

Antonyms

• ulik
• forskjellig

Derived terms

• likekjønnet
• likestille
• likhet

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n ‎(definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika or likene)

1. a corpse, (dead) body

Derived terms

• likkiste
• over mitt lik

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík ‎(“leech”).

Noun

lik n ‎(definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika or likene)

1. edge of a sail; leech

Etymology 4

Verb

lik

1. imperative of like

References

• “lik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik ‎(neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likare, indefinite superlative likast, definite superlative likaste)

1. similar, alike
2. equal

Antonyms

• ulik
• forskjellig
• ymis

Derived terms

• likestille

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n ‎(definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika)

1. a corpse, (dead) body

Derived terms

• likkiste
• over mitt lik

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík ‎(“leech”).

Noun

lik n ‎(definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika)

1. edge of a sail; leech

References

• “lik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līką, from the root Proto-Indo-European *līg-. Cognate with the Old English līċ, Dutch lijk, Old High German līh (German Leiche), Old Norse lík (Swedish lik), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 ‎(leik).

Cognate with Old Saxon gilīk ‎(“alike, similar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːk/

Noun

līk n

1. dead body, corpse
2. torso

Declension

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

līk n

1. shape, semblance, appearance
2. corpse

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: lik

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lʲik/

Noun

lik m inan

1. (obsolete) quantity, amount, number

Declension

Derived terms

• bezlik

Synonyms

• ilość, liczba, stan liczbowy, stan liczebny

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîːk/

Noun

lȋk m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ли̑к)

1. form, shape, figure
2. image, effigy
3. appearance
4. (colloquial) guy

Declension

Derived Terms

1. oblik
2. slika

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik

1. like, similar to
2. like

Declension

Antonyms

• olik

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n

1. corpse
2. the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom

Declension

West Flemish

Conjunction

lik

1. like, such as