Definitions and meaning of ich
ich
Translingual
Symbol
ich
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Etkywan.
See also
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- Wiktionary’s coverage of Etkywan terms
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”). See also ch-, I.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪt͡ʃ/
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- Rhymes: -iːtʃ, -ɪtʃ
- Homophones: each, itch
Pronoun
ich
- (personal, obsolete) I.
Usage notes
Ich was the form of I found in the dialects of the West Country, West Midlands, and Kent. It began to disappear from written English with the onset of the Chancery Standard in the 15th century, yet continued to see limited use until the middle of the 19th century.
The Northern dialectal form, ik (which derives from the same Old English root), likewise disappeared from writing with the onset of the Chancery Standard in the 15th century.
Derived terms
- nich
- chill (“I will”)
- cham (“I am”)
See also
- chinny reckon
- ich-laut (from the German cognate)
Etymology 2
Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ich (uncountable)
- (ichthyology) Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
Derived terms
Anagrams
- IHC, Chi., Ch'i, chi, ch'i, CIH, Chi, hic, CHI, HCI
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik. Cognate with German ich, Dutch ik, English I, ich, Icelandic ég.
Pronunciation
- (Lower Alemannic (Northern Alsace)) IPA(key): /iʃ/, /eʃ/, /iː/ (i is the unstressed pronoun, used after the verb, as in hiit hàw i dìs g'màcht (today I have done this), but it is always ìch before the verb, never i)
- (Higher Alemannic (Southern Alsace)) IPA(key): /ix/, /ex/, /iː/ (unstressed)
- (Zürich) IPA(key): /ix/, /i/ (unstressed), IPA(key): [ɪːx] (stressed)
Pronoun
ich
- I
Declension
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- eich (Moselle Franconian, stressed)
- ech (some dialects of Ripuarian; Moselle Franconian, unstressed, enclitic)
Etymology
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
The expected form is ech; the variant ich is from a form *īh with expressive lengthening (compare the corresponding diphthong in Moselle Franconian).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iɕ/, [iɕ]
- IPA(key): [eɕ] → [əɕ] → [ɕ] (unstressed; enclitic before a consonant)
- IPA(key): [ij] (enclitic before a vowel)
- The enclitic pronunciation is used after verbs and conjunctions (unless the pronoun is stressed).
Pronoun
ich
- (some dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch) I; nominative of the first-person singular personal pronoun
Declension
Ripuarian (regional forms: Aachen [A], Cologne [C]; reduced or unstressed forms: red.):
In other dialects:
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. Cognate with German ich, English I.
Pronoun
ich
- (Sette Comuni) I
Inflection
References
- “ich” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- 2013, Umberto Patuzzi (ed.), Sette Comuni / Siben Komoinen: Le nostre parole – D’ögnar börtar – Unsere Wörter, Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
- 2013, Umberto Patuzzi (ed.), Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole – Ünsarne börtar – Unsere Wörter, Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun
ich
- I
East Central German
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- (Silesian, also Breslauisch) I
Declension
- sie/se and es can be contracted into s'e's (= SHG: sie es)
See also
other personal, possessive and reflexive pronouns:
- mei (1st ps. sg. possessive pronoun)
- dei; Dei (2nd ps. sg. possessive pronoun)
- ihr (3rd ps. sg. fem. possessive pronoun)
- unser, ünser / ünser (1st ps. pl. possessive pronoun)
- Ihr; Euch (grammatically: 2nd ps. pl.)
- Sie; Ihn'n (grammatically: 3rd ps. pl.)
- sihch, sich / sich (reflexive pronoun)
Pronoun
ich
- (Silesian, also Gebirgsschlesisch) I
Declension
Gebirgsschlesisch:
Additionally there are:
- sa (= SHG: sie ihn)
- sa (= SHG: es ihnen)
- marn (= SHG: wir ihn)
- mida (= SHG: mit ihnen; from mit (“with”))
Also:
Additionally there are:
- Ihr, I'r; Eich (Euch) (grammatically: 2nd ps. pl.; semantically: 2nd ps. sg. or pl.)
- Sie, Se; I'n (grammatically: 3rd ps. pl.; semantically: 2nd ps. sg.)
Notes:
- The forms uns, euch, Euch are rare, and could arguably be mistakes or misprints influenced by SHG uns, euch.
See also
possessive and reflexive pronouns - Gebirgsschlesisch:
- mei (1st ps. sg. possessive pronoun)
- dei (2nd ps. sg. possessive pronoun)
- insa (1st ps. pl. possessive pronoun)
- siech (reflexive pronoun)
possessive and reflexive pronouns - also:
- ünser (1st ps. pl.)
- sich (reflexive pronoun)
Pronoun
ich
- (Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch) I
Declension
- Nominative: ich
- Dative: mir; mer
- Accusative: mich
See also
other personal and possessive pronouns:
- mei (1st ps. sg. possessive pronoun)
- du, de; dir, der; dich; dei (2nd ps. sg.)
- a; ihm; ihn (3rd ps. sg. m.)
- -'s, -s, -'sch (after r as in mer'sch) (3rd ps. sg. n.)
- sei (3rd ps. sg. m. & n. possessive pronoun)
- se (3rd ps. sg. f.)
- ihr (3rd ps. sg. f. possessive pronoun)
- mer; ins; ins; inser (1st ps. pl.)
Pronoun
ich
- (Silesian) I
Declension
- Nominative: ich
- Dative: mir; mer
- Accusative: miech; mich
See also
- Du, De; Dir, Der; Diech, Dich (2nd ps. sg.)
Pronoun
ich
- (Obererzgebirge, Salzungen, Ruhla) I
Declension
Obererzgebirge:
- Nominative: ich
- Dative: mir
- Accusative: mich
Salzungen:
- Nominative: ich
- Dative: me
- Accusative: mich
Ruhla:
Alternative forms
- ig (mer, mig) (Obererzgebirge)
References
- Die Ruhlaer Mundart dargestellt von Karl Regel. Weimar, Hermann Boehlau. 1868
Pronoun
ich
- (Oberlausitz, Altenburg, Mansfeld, Niederlausitz) I
Declension
Oberlausitz, Altenburg:
- Nominative: ich; -'ch, 'ch
- Dative: mir
- Accusative: mich
Mansfeld:
- Nominative: ich; -'ch, 'ch
- Dative: mich
- Accusative: mich
Niederlausitz:
- Nominative: ich; -'ich (as in hua-'ich = SHG habe ich), -ich (as in hua-ich = SHG habe ich)
- Dative: merr
- Accusative: merr
See also
Pronoun
ich
- (Nord-Thüringisch, Wasungen, Erzgebirgisch) I
Declension
Erzgebirge:
- Nominative: îch, ich
- Dative: mir, mr
- Accusative: mîch, mich
Nord-Thüringisch:
- Separated by semicolon are: strong/normal form ; weak/enclitic form
Wasungen:
See also
Erzgebirge:
- mr (1st ps. pl.)
- ihr; eich (2nd ps. pl.)
Nord-Thüringisch:
Pronoun
ich
- (Alzenau) I
See also
References
- Idioticon der nord-thüringischen Mundart. – Den Bürgern Nordhausens gewidmet von Dr. Martin Schultze. Nordhausen. Verlag von Ferd. Förstemann. 1874
- Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde. 71. Heft. Inhalt: Die Wasunger Mundart, 2. Teil. Von Kirchenrat Edinhard Reichardt in Meiningen. Hildburghausen. F. W. Gadow & Sohn, Herzogliche Hofbuchdruckerei. 1914
- Marek Dolatowski (2015) “Pochodzenie etnolektu hałcnowskiego w świetle fonetyki i fonologii historycznej”, in Badania diachroniczne w Polsce (in Polish)
- Marek Dolatowski (2013) “Słownictwo hałcnowskie jako odbicie historii etnolektu i historii wsi”, in Kwartalnik Językoznawczy (in Polish)
- Marek Dolatowski (2013) “Słowniczek polsko-hałcnowski”, in Kwartalnik Językoznawczy (in Polish)
East Franconian
Pronoun
ich
- I
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪç/
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- Homophone: Ich
- Rhymes: -ɪç
Pronoun
ich
- I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
Declension
In contemporary German, the genitive forms of personal pronouns are restricted to formal style and are infrequent even there. They may be used:
- for the genitive object still found in a handful of verbs: Er erbarmte sich meiner. – "He had mercy on me". (Colloquially one would either use the dative case, or a prepositional object, or replace the verb with another.)
- with certain adjectives or prepositions that govern the genitive, such as statt ("instead of, in place of"): Er kam statt meiner in die Mannschaft. – "He joined the team in my place." This sounds antiquated, and an meiner Statt or an meiner Stelle is preferable (in which case meiner is not a genitive, but a form of the possessive determiner mein).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ich” in Duden online
- “ich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiç/
- Rhymes: -iç
- Syllabification: ich
Pronoun
ich
- I
Inflection
Further reading
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “ich”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 80
Hutterisch
Pronoun
ich
- I
Jakaltek
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *iihk.
Noun
ich
- chili pepper
References
- Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18; 24
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- iech, ik
- iich (Eupen)
- ech (Southeast Limburgish)
Etymology
From Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik.
Pronunciation
- (most dialects) IPA(key): [ɪx]
- (Maastrichtian) IPA(key): [ix]
Pronoun
ich (personal)
- I
Inflection
Luo
Pronunciation
Noun
ich
- stomach
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ich
- alternative form of I
Usage notes
- Ich is the Southern and sometimes Midland form of I in Middle English, which corresponds to ik of the Northern dialect.
Etymology 2
Determiner
ich
- alternative form of ech
Pronoun
ich
- alternative form of ech
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German ih.
Pronoun
ich
- (personal) I
Inflection
Descendants
- Alemannic German: ich, ig, i
- Bavarian: i
- Cimbrian: ich (Setti Comuni); i (Luserna)
- Gottscheerish: iχ, ī, i (unstressed); iχχe (emphatic)
- Mòcheno: i
- Central Franconian: ich, eich, ech
- Hunsrückisch: äijsch
- Britten: [æɪ̯ʃ], [ɪʃ]
- Kölsch: ich
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: iech
- Silesian East Central German: iech
- Upper Saxon German: isch, ische
- East Franconian: i, iech
- German: ich
- Luxembourgish: ech
- Rhine Franconian:
- Hessian: aisch
- Pennsylvania German: ich [ɪç]
- Vilamovian: ych
- Yiddish: איך (ich)
References
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih. Compare German ich, Dutch ik, English I, Old Norse ek.
Pronoun
ich
- I
Declension
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jixъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiša, from Proto-Indo-European *éysom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈix/
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- Rhymes: -ix
- Syllabification: ich
Pronoun
ich (indeclinable)
- possessive pronoun for oni or one, namely their or theirs
Pronoun
ich
- genitive of oni; them
- genitive of one; them
- personal masculine accusative of oni; them
See also
- nich
- Appendix:Polish pronouns
Further reading
- ich in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ich in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rhine Franconian
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- (Kassel) I
See also
- Du; De (“you (singular)”)
Slovak
Alternative forms
- nich, ne (after prepositions)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ich (indeclinable)
- (possessive) their, theirs
Pronoun
ich
- genitive/accusative of oni and ony
Related terms
Further reading
- “ich”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Swabian
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- (possibly less common) I
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- p. 16:
- Daß iar aber it moinet, i dä gar nix dett doba, so habe ich nothwendig Euch zu sagen, daß dau Arbet gnug geit, [...]
- Ich habe zwar nicht nothwendig Euch zu sagen, warum i net mitturna dua, abr [...]
- P 30:
- „Herr Fürst,“ haut do der Pfortner gsait,
„Ich habs verstekt da nei,
Denn da kommt ebn die ganze Zeit
Kei eiz'ger Mensch nich rei!“
- P 46:
- Darum will ich ihm iatz deuta,
Daß mir ganz mit Heaz und Händ
Alles Loid und alle Freuda
Redlich mit ihm thoila wend.
Declension
- Nominative: ich (less common); i
- Dative: mir
- Accusative: mi
Alternative forms
Descendants
See also
- Du, dat. Dir, acc. Di (“you (singular)”)
- -s (“it, enclitic”)
Pronoun
ich
- dative and accusative of ihr (“you (plural)”)
Transylvanian Saxon
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- I
Volga German
Pronoun
ich
- I
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Compare obsolete English ich.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ich
- I
Synonyms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *Haty.
Pronunciation
Noun
ich (plural ichoʼob)
- eye
- face
- fruit
References
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 164: “Ich ssssss s ssss Ojo.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 59
Zipser German
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- I
Source: wiktionary.org