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Lykke
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lykke
Danish
Etymology
From medieval Danish Lydik, Lydike, from da gml - nds Ludeke, diminutive of da gem compound names beginning with the element Liut' ("folk"), ultimately from da gem-pro *liudiz folk, people. By folk etymology associated with Danish da lykke happiness.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
en da Sebastian Shukla Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/europe/denmark-less-euroskeptic-donald-trump-intl-cmd 2025-07-05 Lykke Friis, a prominent Danish international affairs analyst and a former minister, told CNN that the country has experienced “a triple shock” that includes the war in Ukraine and the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU, known as Brexit. The biggest shock, however, has come in the form of Trump. https://web.archive.org/web/20251130091951/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/europe/denmark-less-euroskeptic-donald-trump-intl-cmd 30 November 2025
da dated da male, today mostly appearing as a second given name
da patronymics
References
Name statistics for Denmark >1900-2005