Och in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is och a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word och is a Scrabble US word. The word och is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is och a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word och is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

O1C3H4

Is och a Words With Friends word?

The word och is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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3-letter words (2 found)

HOC,OCH,

2-letter words (3 found)

CH,HO,OH,

You can make 5 words from och according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of och

och

English

Alternative forms

  • ach, ock

Etymology

Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒx/
  • Rhymes: -ɒx

Interjection

och

  1. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
  2. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) an expression of anger, frustration, surprise

Derived terms

  • och aye

Anagrams

  • COH, Cho, HoC, CHO, HCO, OHC

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔx/
  • Rhymes: -ɔx

Interjection

och

  1. alas

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

och

  1. to enter

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔx/

Interjection

och

  1. expressing endearment, pity, consideration, etc.
    Och, wie süß!Oh, how sweet!
    Och, Schatz! Das wird schon wieder!Oh, darling! It'll all be fine!
    Och, das ist eigentlich keine schlechte Idee!Hm, that's actually not a bad idea!

Usage notes

  • For the most part interchangeable with ach, but the two are preferred in different respective contexts.

Lacandon

Noun

och

  1. opossum

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From a Middle High German contraction och or possibly *uch, from ouch, from Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch (also), Dutch ook (also), West Frisian ek (also, too), Icelandic og (and).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oχ/
    Rhymes: -oχ

Adverb

och

  1. also
  2. even

Synonyms

  • (even): esouguer

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oxъ. Compare Latin oh, German oh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔx/
  • Rhymes: -ɔx
  • Syllabification: och
  • Homophone: -och

Interjection

och

  1. oh! (expresses surprise or realization)
    Synonyms: ach, ojej, ależ

Derived terms

Further reading

  • och in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • och in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • otg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
  • ot (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin octō.

Number

och

  1. (Puter) eight

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

och

  1. alas

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • o, , å (colloquial (speech))

Etymology

From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (also). Cognate with Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic og, Dutch ook, German auch, and English eke. The unusual spelling with the digraph ch may have been to avoid confusion with the now dated ock (too, also).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ/, (stressed) /ɔkː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔk
  • Homophone: ock

Conjunction

och

  1. and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases
    Jag gillar hundar och katter.I like dogs and cats.
  2. and; used to denote the last item of a list
    Synonyms: , &
    äpplen, apelsiner och päronapples, oranges and pears
  3. (mathematics) and, plus
    Synonym: plus
    Två och tre är fem.Two and three is five.
  4. used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are performed at the same time, often used similarly to the gerund in other languages
    Jag sitter och läser.I'm sitting and reading.
  5. to; in order to; used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second
    Ska vi gå och bada?Should we go swimming?
  6. (poetic) introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause

Synonyms

  • (for most senses) samt

Derived terms

  • både och, och så vidare

Related terms

  • ock

Interjection

och

  1. (colloquial) and, so, so what

References

  • och in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • och in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āč (hungry, hunger). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (āč), Kazakh аш (), Kyrgyz ач (ac), Uyghur ئاچ (ach), Turkish (hungry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒtʃ/
  • Hyphenation: och

Adjective

och (comparative ochroq, superlative eng och)

  1. hungry

Source: wiktionary.org