ich
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”). See also ch-, I.
Alternative forms
- Iche, che, 'ch-, ch-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪt͡ʃ/
- Rhymes: -iːtʃ, -ɪtʃ
- Homophones: each, itch
Pronoun
ich
- (personal, obsolete) I.
- 1529, John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng:
- "Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
- 1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes:
- My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]
- 1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie:
- With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.
- 1578, George Whetstone, The right, excellent and famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra:
- Kissyng and lying ich see is all one:
And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.
- 1645, Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint:
- Dost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too.
- [1706, Edward Phillips, compiler; J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Ich”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], OCLC 913406157, column 2:
- Ich, a Word us'd for I in the Weſtern Parts of England.]
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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
Etymology 2
Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.
Alternative forms
- ick
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪk/
Noun
ich (uncountable)
- (ichthyology) Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius.
- 1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Iowa State University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 95:
- Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.
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Derived terms
- marine ich
Anagrams
- CHI, CIH, Ch'i, Chi, Chi., HCI, IHC, chi, hic
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- i
- ig (Bern)
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)
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /ix/, /i/ (unstressed), IPA(key): [ɪːx] (stressed)
Pronoun
ich
- I
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | possessive m | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ich, i | mich, mi | mir, mier, mer | min, miin | |
2nd person singular | familiar | du | dich, di | dir, dier, der | din, diin |
polite | Si | Ine, Ene, -ne | Ire | ||
3rd person singular | m | er | in, en | im | sin, siin |
f | si | ire | |||
n | es, 's, -s | im | sin, siin | ||
1st person plural | mir, mer | üs, öis, ois, eus | üse, öise, oise, euse | ||
2nd person plural | ir, ier | öi, eu | öie, eure | ||
3rd person plural | si | ine, ene, -ne | ire |
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
- Dat senn ich op däm Fotto.
- That’s I (or: me) in this photo.
- Dat senn ich op däm Fotto.
Declension
Ripuarian (regional forms: Aachen [A], Cologne [C]; reduced or unstressed forms: red.):
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | ich | du do; Do [C] de (red.) | hä e (red.) | sei, sie se (red.) | it het [A] et, 't, -'t (red.) |
Dative | mir meer [C] mer (red.) [A] = acc. | dir deer; Deer [C] der (red.) [A] = acc. | im höm [A] em (red.) | ihr ehr [C] hör [A] (or = nom.) er (red.) | im höm [A] (or = nom.) em (red.) |
Accusative | mich | dich; Dich | in en (red.) [A] = dat. | = nom. [A] = nom. or dat. | = nom. |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | mir meer [C] mer (red.) vir [A], ver (red.) | ühr ehr; Ehr [C] er (red.) | sei, sie se (red.) | ||
Dative | us, uns os, ons [A] | üch; Üch | inne hön, hönne [A] (or = nom.) en (red.) | ||
Accusative | = dat. | = dat. | = nom. |
In other dialects:
- ät (“it”) (Düren)
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- i (Luserna)
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
nominative | accusative | dative | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ich | mich | miar | |
2nd person singular | familiar | du | dich | diar |
polite | iart | ach | òich | |
3rd person singular | m | èar, ar | in, en | iime |
f | zi, ze | iar | ||
n | es, is | es, 's | iime | |
1st person plural | bar, bandare | zich | izàndarn | |
2nd person plural | iart, iartàndare, artàndare | òich, ach | ogàndarn | |
3rd person plural | ze, zòi, zandare | zich | innàndarn |
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
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter
- Ich malthata. Ego dico.
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter
East Central German
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- (Silesian, also Breslauisch) I
Declension
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | ihch; ich | du; de Du; De | er; a' är; a | sie, se, -'sche (after r), s', s'- | es; 's, -'s, -s (less common), -'sch (after r), -sch (after r, less common) |
Dative | mir; mer | dir; der Dir (especially after prepositions and at the beginning of a sentence/clause); Der | ihm; i'm, im | ihr; i'r, ir | [Term?] |
Accusative | mihch; mich | dihch; dich Dihch; Dich | ihn; i'n | sie, se, -'sche (after r) | es; 's, -'s, -s (less common), -'sch (after r), -sch (after r, less common) |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | bir (bier); ber | ihr; i'r | sie, se, s', s'- | ||
Dative | uns, üns üns | euch | ihn'n; i'n'n, i'n | ||
Accusative | uns, üns üns | euch | se |
- 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:
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | iech; ich | du; de Du; | a | sie, se | es; -'s, -s (merged with a preceding s into ß as in iß (SHG: ist es) from is, biß (SHG: bis es) from bis), -sch (after r) |
Dative | mir; merr, mer | dir; derr, der Dir; | ihm | ihr | |
Accusative | miech; mich | diech; dich Diech; | ihn; | se | es; -'s, -s (merged with a preceding s into ß as in iß (SHG: ist es) from is, biß (SHG: bis es) from bis), -sch (after r) |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | mirr, mir; merr, mer | ihr | sie, se | ||
Dative | ins | euch | a | ||
Accusative | ins | euch | se |
Additionally there are:
- sa (= SHG: sie ihn)
- sa (= SHG: es ihnen)
- marn (= SHG: wir ihn)
- mida (= SHG: mit ihnen; from mit (“with”))
Also:
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | iech; ich | du; de Du; De | är; a | sie, se | es; 's, -'s, -'sch (after r) |
Dative | mir; mer | dir; der Dir; Der | ihm; i'm | ihr; i'r | |
Accusative | miech; mich | diech; Diech; | i'n | se | es; 's, -'s, -'sch (after r) |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | bier; ber | sie, se | |||
Dative | üns (uns) | (euch) | |||
Accusative | üns (uns) | (euch) | se |
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:
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | ich | dåu, de | hä̂, ä, e | sü̂, se | es |
Genitive | s'n | ||||
Dative | mäi, me | däi, de | ü̂n, ün, en | ü̂r, er | ü̂n, ün, en |
Accusative | mich | dich | ü̂n, ün, en | sü̂, se | es |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | mäi, me | å̈ü | sü̂, se | ||
Genitive | onser | å̈ürer | ürner, örner, er | ||
Dative | ons | ü̂ch, üch | ün, en | ||
Accusative | ons | ü̂ch, üch | sü̂, se |
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
- du (2nd ps. sg.)
Pronoun
ich
- (Nord-Thüringisch, Wasungen, Erzgebirgisch) I
Declension
Erzgebirge:
- Nominative: îch, ich
- Dative: mir, mr
- Accusative: mîch, mich
Nord-Thüringisch:
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | iche, ich; | duu; de | hee; he | sie; se | es; 's |
Dative | mich; me | dich; | een; 'n | eer; er | ; 'n |
Accusative | mich; me | dich; | een; 'n | sie; se | es; 's |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | mie; me | die; de | sie; se | ||
Dative | uns; | uch; | ; 'n | ||
Accusative | uns; | uch; | sie; se |
- Separated by semicolon are: strong/normal form ; weak/enclitic form
Wasungen:
1st Person Singular | 2nd Person Singular | 3rd Person Singular | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | īch, ich | dūe, du, də | hǟ, hä, ə | sǖə, sü, sə | äs, əs, s |
Genitive | is usually paraphrased | sən | ər, ərə | sən | |
Dative | mīə, mə | dīə, də | ün, ən | ǖər, ər | ün, ən |
Accusative | mīch, mich | dīch, dich | ün, ən | sǖə, sü, sə | äs, əs, s |
1st Person Plural | 2rd Person Plural | 3rd Person Plural | |||
Nominative | mīə, mi, mə | ǖə, ü, ə | sǖə, sü, sə | ||
Genitive | is always paraphrased | ər, ərə | |||
Dative | ons, also onz | æ̊üch, ı̣ch | ün, ən | ||
Accusative | ons, also onz | æ̊üch, ı̣ch | sǖə, sü, sə |
See also
Erzgebirge:
- mr (1st ps. pl.)
- ihr; eich (2nd ps. pl.)
Nord-Thüringisch:
- sich (reflexive pronoun)
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
See also
- ech, -'ch, 'ch; mir, mer; mich (Rudolstadt)
East Franconian
Pronoun
ich
- I
German
Alternative forms
- Ich (royal)
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/
(file) - (Austria)
(file) - Homophone: Ich
- Rhymes: -ɪç
Pronoun
ich
- I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
Declension
singular | plural | singular and plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person familiar1 | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person familiar1 | 3rd person | 2nd person polite/formal | |||
m | f | n | |||||||
nominative | ich | du -e2 | er | sie -se2 | es | wir mir3 | ihr | sie -se2 | Sie Ihr4 |
genitive | meiner mein4 | deiner dein4 | seiner sein4 | ihrer | seiner sein4 | unser | euer | ihrer | Ihrer Euer4 |
dative | mir | dir | ihm | ihr | ihm | uns | euch | ihnen | Ihnen Euch4 |
accusative | mich | dich | ihn | sie -se2 | es | sie -se2 | Sie Euch4 |
1These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters. 2enclitic, colloquial 3dialectal 4archaic
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
- Ich n
- lyrisches Ich n
Further reading
- “ich” in Duden online
- “ich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- eich
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): /iç/
Pronoun
ich
- I
- Ich sin en Fraa.
- I am a woman.
- Ich komme fun de Fabrick.
- I'm coming from the factory.
Inflection
nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
1st person singular | ich eich | -ich | mich meich | meer | mer m'r | |
2nd person singular (informal) | du dau/Dau | -du, -de -Dau, -De | dich deich/Deich | deer | der d'r/D'r | |
3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer ehr | re |
3rd person singular (n.) | es; das et, 't | 's | es et | -et, -'t | ihm | em |
1st person plural | meer | mer | uns uhs | |||
2nd person plural | deer Ehr, Dehr | der | eich Auch | |||
3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne |
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
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 (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 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]
- (Maastricht) IPA(key): [ix]
Pronoun
ich (personal)
- I
Inflection
Singular | Dual[* 1] | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ich, 'ch | weet | weer, veer, v'r |
genitive[* 2] | miener, miens | ózzer | ózzer |
locative[* 3] | miches | ózzes | ózzes |
dative[* 4] | mir | ós | ós |
accusative | mich | ós | ós |
- Dual has been extinct for many centuries.
- Genitive is no longer part of the living language.
- Locative may have existed at some point in the past.
- Dative is nowadays obsolete, accusative is used instead.
Luo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪ̀c/
Noun
ich
- stomach
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /itʃ/
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.
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
Declension
Case \\ Number | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ich | wir |
accusative | mich | unsich, uns |
genitive | mîn | unser |
dative | mir | uns |
Descendants
- Alemannic German: ich, ig, i
- Sensler: [iː][1]
- Swabian: i
- Sathmar Swabian: 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
- Hunsrik: ich [ɪç][2]
- Britten: [æɪ̯ʃ], [ɪʃ][3]
- Kölsch: ich[4]
- Hunsrückisch: äijsch
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: iech
- Silesian German: iech
- Upper Saxon: isch, ische
- East Franconian: i, iech
- German: ich
- Luxembourgish: ech
- Rhine Franconian:
- Hessian: aisch
- Pennsylvania German: ich [ɪç][5]
- Vilamovian: ych
- Yiddish: איך (ikh), ich (ich)
References
- Schmutz, Christian; Haas, Walter. (2004). Senslerdeutsches Wörterbuch. 2nd edition, Freiburg: Paulusverlag.
- Altenhofen, Cléo Vilson. (1996). Hunsrückisch in Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung einer deutschbrasilianischen Dialektvarietät im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen. (Mainzer Studien zur Sprach- und Volksforschung 21.) Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
- "ich". In: Besse, Maria. (2004). Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde in der Gemeinde Losheim am See.
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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
Nominative | Accusative | Dative | |
---|---|---|---|
1st - Singular | ich | mich | mir mer (unstressed) |
2nd - Singular | du de (unstressed) | dich | dir der (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Masculine | er | ihn en (unstressed) | ihm em (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Feminine | sie se (unstressed) | sie se (unstressed) | ihre re (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Neuter | es | es | ihm em (unstressed) |
1st - Plural | mir mer (unstressed) | uns | uns |
2nd - Plural | dihr der (unstressed) | eich | eich |
3rd - Plural | sie | sie | ihne ne (unstressed) |
2nd - Polite | Sie | Sie | Ihne Ne (unstressed) |
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ix/
Audio (file) - 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ix]
Pronoun
ich
- (The genitive plural and accusative plural of on (he), ona (she), and one (it).)
- (possessive) their, theirs
- them
Further reading
- ich in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swabian
Etymology
Cognate to German ich.
Pronoun
ich
- (possible less common) I
- 1863, Jakob Friedrich Schmidt, Gedichte in schwäbischer Mundart von J. F. Schmidt
- 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!“
- „Herr Fürst,“ haut do der Pfortner gsait,
- 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.
- Darum will ich ihm iatz deuta,
- p. 16:
- 1863, Jakob Friedrich Schmidt, Gedichte in schwäbischer Mundart von J. F. Schmidt
Declension
- Nominative: ich (less common); i
- Dative: mir
- Accusative: mi
Alternative forms
- i', i
Descendants
- Sathmar Swabian: i
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
Etymology
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Compare obsolete English ich.
Pronoun
ich
- I
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 5:
- If ich hadh Peeougheen a Buch, Meyleare a Slut, Peedher Ghiel-laaune, an Jackeen Bugaaune,
- If I had Hugh the Buck, Meyler the Sloven, Peter the Smart Man, and John Boggan,
-
Synonyms
- 'ch- (clitic)
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 47 & 110
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *Haty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈit͡ʃ]
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