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Leiche.

dead body, corpse, cadaver, carcass

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlaɪ̯çə/Germany/ˈlaɪ̯çɛ/[ˈlaɛ̯-]Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland
  1. dead body, corpse, cadaver, carcass

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līką Proto-West Germanic *līk Old High German līh Middle High German līche German Leiche 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-. Cognate with Luxembourgish Läich, English lich, Dutch lijk, Old Norse lík, Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (leik). Related to German gleich, English like and German -lich, English -ly.

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