איך

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔajk/

Conjunction

איך • (transliteration needed)

1. like, as, similar to

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)eχ/

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Adverb

אֵיךְ • (ékh)

1. how

Synonyms

• (more formal) כֵּיצַד (ketsád)

Derived terms

• אֵיכוּת (ekhút)
• אֵיכְשֶׁהוּ (ékhshehu)

Further reading

• H349 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• יאַך (yakh)

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare German ich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪχ/

Pronoun

איך • (ikh)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Usage notes

• Sometimes informally contracted to כ׳ (kh') or כ״ (kh") (kh'), as in כ״וויל (I want).
• Sometimes pronounced as "Ekh", "Yekh", or "Yakh", especially in the southern dialect.

See also

Yiddish personal pronouns

person	singular
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n
nominative	איך (ikh)	דו (du)	ער (er)	זי (zi)	עס (es)
dative	מיר (mir)	דיר (dir)	אים (im)	איר (ir)	אים (im)
accusative	מיך (mikh)	דיך (dikh)	אים (im)	זי (zi)	עס (es)
person	plural
	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	מיר (mir)	איר (ir)	זיי (zey)
dative	אונדז (undz)	אײַך (aykh)	זיי (zey)
accusative	אונדז (undz)	אײַך (aykh)	זיי (zey)

See also the possessive pronouns.