Leem

See also: leem, LEEM, and lêem

East Central German

Noun

Leem

1. plural of Leeb

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎ (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 79

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German leimo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz. Cognate with German Lehm, Dutch leem, English loam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːm/
  • Rhymes: -eːm

Noun

Leem m (uncountable)

1. loam, clay

Derived terms

• leemeg

Further reading

• Leem in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German *lêm, from Old Saxon *lēm, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō.

Noun

Leem m

1. loam, clay

Derived terms

• leemich (“clayey”, adjective)
• leemna (“clay”, adjective)
• Leemstrikja (“potter”)