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From Middle Dutch lijf, from Old Dutch līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

lijf n (plural lijven, diminutive lijfje n)

  1. a body
    Synonym: lichaam
    Hyponyms: kadaver, kreng, lijk
  2. a corsage
  3. (algebra, in the Netherlands) a field
  4. (algebra, in Belgium) a division ring

From Old Dutch līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb.

lijf n

  1. body
  2. life (being alive)
  3. life (course of life)
  4. life force

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

lijf

  1. Alternative spelling of lyf