gliich
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- glich
Etymology
From Middle High German glīch. Cognate with German gleich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡ̊liːx/
Adjective
gliich
- identical (being the same entity)
- equal (being different entities that are equivalent in all (relevant) regards)
- 2012, Hans Stalder, Bäärnerplatte & Dichterwii: Ein Roman in Mundart, Weber AG Verlag, →ISBN, OCLC 1281547952:
- Will beid die schaffusischi Galauniform traage, wo bis uf e Fäderebusch genau gliich isch wie die vo de Franzoose, wäärde beid i ds Visier gnoo u erschosse.
- Because both wear the Schaffhausen gala uniform that is, apart from the hackle, exactly the same as the one of the French, both are taken into the sights and shot.
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- (colloquial, predicative) unimportant (to the speaker)
- öpperem gliich sii ― to be unimportant to someone (literally, “to be the same to someone”)
- Isch mer gliich! ― I don't care!
- Isch doch gliich! ― It doesn't matter anyway!
Derived terms
- Gliiche m, Gliichi f, Gliichs n
- gliichig, gliichlig
- drgliiche
Related terms
- gliiche
- Gliichig
Adverb
gliich
- equally
- gliich guet ― equally good
- still; nevertheless; notwithstanding
- Synonyms: doch, trotzdem
- 1970, Otto Uehlinger, Am Trottefüür: Erzählungen in Schaffhauser Mundart, Peter Meili, LCCN 70543127, OCLC 39389757, page 12:
- Aber dänn ischt im en Gedanke choo, wo-n-en trööschtet hät: «Ich mache moorn der Mueter aamfach e Freud; und wänns dänn gliich uuschunnt, so schimpft si sicher nid eso fescht.» Druf abe hät er chöne iischlooffe.
- But then a thought came to his mind that consoled him: “Tomorrow, I'll just make my mother's day; and if it still comes to light, then she surely won't scold me so badly.” Thereupon he was able to fall asleep.
- 1972, Albert Bächtold, S isch groote (Gesamtwerk in Einzelausgaben), Peter Meili, →ISBN, LCCN 74340831, OCLC 14573720, page 34:
- Und isch gliich nid zfride.
- And [he/she/it] is nevertheless not satisfied.
- 2004, Harry Fuchs, Paul G. Schneider, Schtärneföifi, Züritüütsch isch aifach schön (The contemporary media language series; 2), Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 76635723, page 138:
- Ich ha's gwüsst und ha mich gliich verwütsche laa, ich Löli
- I knew it and yet I've let myself get caught, silly me
- (regional, rare) Alternative form of gli: soon