lecken.
to lick (with the tongue)
Meaning & usage
to lick (with the tongue)
Der Hund leckte sein Fell.
Der Hund leckte an seinem Fell.
to lick (to perform cunnilingus)
Mein Freund leckt total gerne.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German lëcken, from Old High German lecchōn, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognate with Dutch likken, English lick, Latin lingō, Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō).
to leak (a liquid, such as water)
to seep
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German lecken, from Old Saxon *lekkian, from Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, originally a causative of the verb Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak”), related to English leak. The same in Dutch lekken (“to leak”).
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