Like

See also: like

English

Etymology

From the Dutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.

Proper noun

Like (plural Likes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Like is the 21878^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1187 individuals. Like is most common among White (81.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Like”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 437.

Anagrams

• Kiel, Kile, kile, liek

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪ̯k/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Like m or n (strong, genitive Likes or Like, plural Likes)

1. (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

Declension of Like [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Like	die	Likes
genitive	eines	des	Likes, Like	der	Likes
dative	einem	dem	Like	den	Likes
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Like	die	Likes

Related terms

• liken

Further reading

• “Like” in Duden online
• “Like” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache