"Leich" meaning in Pennsylvania German

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Noun

Forms: Leiche [plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh. Compare German Leiche, Dutch lijk, Old English līc, which was modernized to English lich. Etymology templates: {{root|pdc|ine-pro|*leyg-}}, {{inh|pdc|gmh|leich}} Middle High German leich, {{inh|pdc|goh|līh}} Old High German līh, {{cog|de|Leiche}} German Leiche, {{cog|nl|lijk}} Dutch lijk, {{cog|ang|līc}} Old English līc Head templates: {{head|pdc|noun|plural|Leiche|g=f}} Leich f (plural Leiche)
  1. corpse, body (deceased) Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "leich"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German leich",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "līh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German līh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Leiche"
      },
      "expansion": "German Leiche",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lijk"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lijk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "līc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English līc",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh. Compare German Leiche, Dutch lijk, Old English līc, which was modernized to English lich.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Leiche",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "Leiche",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Leich f (plural Leiche)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
  "lang_code": "pdc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "corpse, body (deceased)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Leich-pdc-noun-VKgQ3xIS",
      "links": [
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Leich"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "leich"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German leich",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "līh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German līh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Leiche"
      },
      "expansion": "German Leiche",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lijk"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lijk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "līc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English līc",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German leich, from Old High German līh. Compare German Leiche, Dutch lijk, Old English līc, which was modernized to English lich.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Leiche",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "Leiche",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Leich f (plural Leiche)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
  "lang_code": "pdc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pennsylvania German feminine nouns",
        "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
        "Pennsylvania German nouns",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg-",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "corpse, body (deceased)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Leich"
}

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