Definitions and meaning of och
och
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒx/
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- Rhymes: -ɒx
Interjection
och
- (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
- (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) an expression of anger, frustration, surprise
Derived terms
Anagrams
- COH, Cho, HoC, CHO, HCO, OHC
Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔx/
-
- Rhymes: -ɔx
Interjection
och
- alas
Epigraphic Mayan
Verb
och
- to enter
German
Pronunciation
Interjection
och
- 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
- 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
- also
- even
Synonyms
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oxъ. Compare Latin oh, German oh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔx/
-
- Rhymes: -ɔx
- Syllabification: och
- Homophone: -och
Interjection
och
- 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
- (Puter) eight
Scottish Gaelic
Interjection
och
- alas
Swedish
Alternative forms
- o, o̲, 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/
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- Rhymes: -ɔk
- Homophone: ock
Conjunction
och
- and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases
- Jag gillar hundar och katter. ― I like dogs and cats.
- and; used to denote the last item of a list
- Synonyms: o̲, &
- äpplen, apelsiner och päron ― apples, oranges and pears
- (mathematics) and, plus
- Synonym: plus
- Två och tre är fem. ― Two and three is five.
- 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.
- 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?
- (poetic) introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Interjection
och
- (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 (aş), Kyrgyz ач (ac), Uyghur ئاچ (ach), Turkish aç (“hungry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒtʃ/
- Hyphenation: och
Adjective
och (comparative ochroq, superlative eng och)
- hungry
Source: wiktionary.org