Lech

¹

/ lɛç; lɛk /

noun

1. a river in central Europe, rising in SW Austria and flowing generally north through S Germany to the River Danube. Length: 285 km (177 miles)

lech

²

/ lɛtʃ /

verb

1. intrusually foll byafter to behave lecherously (towards); lust (after)

noun

1. a lecherous act or indulgence

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lech¹

C19: back formation from lecher

Example Sentences

Additionally, the hotel is only open from December through Easter – a period of time when the weather in Lech is frightfully cold.

From The Daily Beast

Subirer, for example, is a small bitter pear that grows in the Alps, near Lech.

From The Daily Beast

President Lech Kaczynski and all the other more than 80 VIPs who boarded the 154 were in a needless risk situation.

From The Daily Beast

To give the award to Albert Schweitzer, or Nelson Mandela or Desmond Tutu or Lech Walesa or Andrei Sakharov is one thing.

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Nearly all the enemy were slaughtered or drowned in the river Lech.

From Project Gutenberg

Maximilian was reduced to straits such as he had not known since the time when Tilly fell at the passage of the Lech.

From Project Gutenberg

The king seized Donauworth and Ulm, and under cover of the fire of seventy guns threw a bridge across the Lech.

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At the approach of the King he camped where the river Lech joins the Danube, awaiting attack.

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Tilly had then fallen back before the advance of Gustavus to a very strong position on the Lech.

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