Look

See also: look and löök

English

Etymology 1

From Luke (“a given name”).

Proper noun

Look

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 陸／陆 (luk6, “a surname”).

Proper noun

Look

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as loewijck in 1450. Derived from a contracted compound of lo (“light forest”) and wijk (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /loːk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Look
  • Rhymes: -oːk
  • Homophone: look

Proper noun

Look n

  1. A hamlet in Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English look.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lʊk/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Look m (strong, genitive Looks, plural Looks)

  1. (colloquial) look

Declension
Declension of Look [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Look die Looks
genitive eines des Looks der Looks
dative einem dem Look den Looks
accusative einen den Look die Looks

Further reading
  • “Look” in Duden online
  • “Look” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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