Like

See also: like

English

Etymology

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

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English like.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪ̯k/
  • (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, →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

Further reading

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