liederlich
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ludraz (“useless; worthless; bad”). Compare Old Norse loddari (“juggler; tramp”), Old High German lotar (“vain; void; insignificant”), Dutch lodder (“a wanton”), Old English loddere (“pauper, beggar”) and English lither. See also lotterig (“slovenly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]liederlich (strong nominative masculine singular liederlicher, comparative liederlicher, superlative am liederlichsten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of liederlich
Comparative forms of liederlich
Superlative forms of liederlich
Descendants
[edit]- → Danish: liderlig
- → Dutch: liederlijk
- → Afrikaans: liederlik
- → Swedish: liderlig
- → Estonian: liiderlik
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “liederlich” in Duden online
- “liederlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “liederlich” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.