ich

See also Ich, and ICH

English

Etymology

Shortening of ichthyophthiriasis

Noun

ich (uncountable)

1. (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 0-8138-2558-X, page 95:

     Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.

Anagrams

• chi
• CIH
• HCI
• hic

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German

Etymology

From Old High German ih, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik.

Pronunciation

• (Austro-Bavarian) IPA: /iː/, SAMPA: /i:/
• (High German) IPA: /ɪç/, SAMPA: /IC/

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Pronoun

ich

1. (personal) I.

Inflection

• Nominative: ich
• Accusative: mich
• Dative: mir
• Genitive: meiner

The genitive case meiner is used less and less in modern German.

• While the genitive of Personal Pronouns does express ownership, it must not be confused with possessive pronouns. While possessive pronouns such as mein are put in front of the noun they relate to and follow the inflection rules of adjectives, the genitive form of personal pronouns only has one from, which is not further inflected. Additionally, personal pronouns in Genitive can be put after the word they relate to.

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Limburgish

Alternative forms

• iech, ik

Etymology

From Old High German ih, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik.

Pronunciation

• (most dialects) IPA: [ɪx]
• (Cleverlandic dialects) IPA: [ɪk]
• (Maastrict) IPA: [ix]

Pronoun

ich

1. (personal) I.

Inflection

	Singular	Dual	Plural
nominative	ich, 'ch	weet	weer, v'r
genitive	miener, miens	ózzer	ózzer
locative	miches	ózzes	ózzes
vocative	—	—	—
dative	mir	ós	ós
accusative¹	mich	ós	ós

• Dative is nowadays obsolete, use accusative instead.

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Luo

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪ̀c/

Noun

ich

1. stomach

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English iċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *egom (“I”, pronoun).

Pronoun

ich

1. The Southern and sometimes Midland dialectic form of I, in Early English, corresponding to ik of the Northern dialect.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ich

1. them

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Slovak

Pronoun

ich

(The genitive plural and accusative plural of on (he), ona (she), and one (it).)

1. their, theirs
2. them

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Yucatec Maya

Noun

ich (plural icho’ob)

1. (anatomy) eye