Like
See also: like
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Dutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.
Proper noun
editLike (plural Likes)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Like is the 21878th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1187 individuals. Like is most common among White (81.3%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Like”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 437.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editLike m or n (strong, genitive Likes or Like, plural Likes)
- (Internet) like (individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet)
- 2017, “Meine Welt”, in Nichts war umsonst, performed by Prinz Pi:
- Ich trage meine Lieblingsnikes / Nach der Wäsche sind sie wieder weiß / Wie könnt' ich nicht zufrieden sein / Scheiß auf die Likes, nix geht über Familienzeit
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 November 20, Johannes Drosdowski, “Twitter-Alternative Mastodon: Auf einem anderen Planeten”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Denn viele nutzen Twitter, um eine möglichst große Reichweite zu erlangen, viele Likes zu bekommen, oft retweetet zu werden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Like [masculine // neuter, strong]
Related terms
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