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Fisch

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɪʃ/
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  • Hyphenation: Fisch
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

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Fisch m (strong, genitive Fisches or Fischs, plural Fische, diminutive Fischchen n or Fischlein n, feminine Fischin)

  1. (countable) fish (cold-blooded vertebrates living in water)
    Wir haben jeder einen Fisch gefangen.
    Each one of us has caught a fish.
  2. (countable, archaic or loosely) fish (any animal or any vertebrate living exclusively in water)
    Ob ein Wal ein Fisch ist, hängt von der Definition ab.
    Whether a whale is a fish depends on the definition.
    Here it could be Fisch in the sense cold-blooded vertebrate animal living in water or in the sense any animal or any vertebrate living exclusively in water
  3. (uncountable) fish (food)
    Freitags essen viele Leute Fisch.
    Many people eat fish on Fridays.

Declension

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Declension of Fisch [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fisch die Fische
genitive eines des Fisches, Fischs der Fische
dative einem dem Fisch, Fische1 den Fischen
accusative einen den Fisch die Fische

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Fisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Fisch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Fisch” in Duden online
  • Fisch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • fix (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

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    From Central Franconian Fesch, from Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *péysks.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfiʃ/
    • Rhymes: -iʃ
    • Syllabification: Fisch

    Noun

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    Fisch m (plural Fisch, diminutive Fischje)

    1. fish
      Heit esse-mer Fisch.
      Today we eat fish.
      Die Fisch schwimme.
      The fish are swimming.
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    References

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    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Fisch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55, column 1

    Pennsylvania German

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk.

    Noun

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    Fisch m (plural Fisch)

    1. fish
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