Leed

See also: leed and LEED

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːt/ (etymologies may be distinguished by tone)
• Homophone: leet

Etymology 1

From Old High German liod.

Noun

Leed n (plural Leeder, diminutive Leedche) (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian)

1. song
   • 2003, “Wenn mir Kölsche singe”‎^[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:

     Leeder zom Laache, zom Kriesche och,
     Ha’ mer en Kölle satt un jenooch.
     Wat uns bewääch un wat uns bedröck,
     Dat moss einfach rus, söns weed mer verröck!

     Songs for laughing, for crying too,
     We have in Cologne plenty and enough.
     What moves us and what depresses us
     Must be expressed, or else we go crazy!

Alternative forms

• Lied (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology 2

From Old High German leid.

Noun

Leed n (no plural) (most of Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian)

1. sorrow, grief, agony

Alternative forms

• Lääd (most of eastern Moselle Franconian)
• Leid (Kölsch, Westerwald)

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːt/

Noun

Leed n

1. sorrow, grief, woe

Derived terms

• leedich

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Leed”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Limburgish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː˦t/
• Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

Leed n (plural Leeder or Leechter, diminutive Leddsche or Leedsche) (German-based spelling)

1. (music) song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)

Usage notes

• The generally used plural form is Leeder. The plural form Leechter is used in some parts of Selfkant (some speakers here also use Leech in the singular).

Alternative forms

• leed (Veldeke spelling)
• Leet (Eupen spelling)
• Leech (Selfkant)
• Leid
• Ledd (some Ripuarian-Limburgish dialects)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liþu, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː˨t/
• Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

Leed n (plural Leeder) (German-based spelling)

1. (anatomy) joint, limb
2. member
3. link (in a chain)

Alternative forms

• leed (Veldeke spelling)
• Ledd
• Gleed, Gledd (under influence from German)
  • Gléït (Eupen)

Etymology 3

From Leid, with regular Ripuarian-Limburgish monophthongisation of -ei-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː˨t/
• Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

Leed n (German-based spelling)

1. East Limburgish-Ripuarian form of Leid (“woe, sorrow”)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German leid. Cognate with German Leid, Dutch leed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • Homophone: leed

Noun

Leed n (uncountable)

1. sorrow, grief, woe
2. misery

Synonyms

• (misery): Misär

Related terms

• leed