"leuk" meaning in Dutch

See leuk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /løːk/ Audio: Nl-leuk.ogg
Rhymes: -øːk Etymology: Uncertain, probably related to lauw (“lukewarm”); compare English luke and lukewarm. The earliest attestations refer to the sense of "lukewarm", other senses are later semantic developments. The sense "calm, level-headed" is still visible in some derived terms, such as leukweg, leukjes and doodleuk. Etymology templates: {{unc|nl}} Uncertain, {{m|nl|lauw||lukewarm}} lauw (“lukewarm”), {{cog|en|luke}} English luke, {{m|en|lukewarm}} lukewarm, {{m|nl|leukweg}} leukweg, {{m|nl|leukjes}} leukjes, {{m|nl|doodleuk}} doodleuk Head templates: {{nl-adj}} leuk (comparative leuker, superlative leukst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: leuker [comparative], leukst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], leuk [adverbial, positive, predicative], leuker [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het leukst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het leukste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], leuke [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], leukere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], leukste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], leuk [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], leuker [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], leukste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], leuke [indefinite, plural, positive], leukere [comparative, indefinite, plural], leukste [indefinite, plural, superlative], leuke [definite, positive], leukere [comparative, definite], leukste [definite, superlative], leuks [partitive, positive], leukers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. nice, pleasant, enjoyable Synonyms: aardig, prettig
    Sense id: en-leuk-nl-adj-qhpvmMe4 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 1 49 1
  2. attractive Synonyms: aantrekkelijk
    Sense id: en-leuk-nl-adj-bvOwADnm
  3. (obsolete) calm, level-headed Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-leuk-nl-adj-ra0k5RaO Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 1 49 1
  4. (obsolete) lukewarm Tags: obsolete Synonyms: lauw
    Sense id: en-leuk-nl-adj-FOOUAszp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doodleuk, keileuk, knetterleuk, leukerd, leukheid, leukig, leukjes, leukweg, opleuken, superleuk

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "word": "leuk"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.