och

English

Interjection

och

1. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) an expression of anger, frustration, surprise

Derived terms

• och aye

Anagrams

• HCO, hoc

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Dutch

Interjection

och

1. alas

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin octo.

Number

och

1. (cardinal, Puter) eight

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Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

och

1. alas

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Norwegian and Danish og and with German auch.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔ(kː)/

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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

   äpplen, apelsiner och päron

3. (mathematics) and, 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

   Jag sitter och läser.

   I'm sitting reading.

5. 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

   Och det vart afton, och det vart morgon, den andra dagen.

   And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Related terms

• ock