Moorliek in Low German

Pronunciation: /mɔu̯ɾliːˑk/

noun

Syllabication: Moor·liek

Plural: Moorlieken f de Moorliek

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peripheral vocabulary

Low Saxon:

Doden, de in ’t Moor funnen worrn is

English:

bog body

Dutch:

veenlijk

German:

Moorleiche

Examples:

Bi ’t Törf steken sünd jümmer wedder Moorlieken funnen worrn.

image illustrating the submeaning

Commander-pirx, CC BY-SA 3.0

Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: Moor + Liek

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