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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch doch, from Old Dutch thoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
doch
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate to Old English þēah (English though).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /dɔx/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /dɔ/, /do/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria; also in northern Germany in some positions, e.g. before nicht)
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Particle[edit]
doch
- (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary
- Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch!
- You can’t say that. — Yes, I can!
- Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch!
- You're not going to come? — Yes, I am!
Conjunction[edit]
doch
Adverb[edit]
doch
- after all; yet; however; nevertheless
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 35:
- Auf dem Bahnhof dann, in dem sich senkenden Nebel, ein Gewühl von Pferden und grauen Gestalten, das zuerst unentwirrbar schien und sich dann doch rasch ordnete.
- On the station then, in the sinking fog, a crowd of horses and gray characters that initially looked inextricable, but then put itself in order swiftly after all.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 35:
- really; just
- indicates proposal Why don't you/we
- Komm doch mal mit.
- Why don't you just come [with us]?
Usage notes[edit]
- (really, just): As an emphatic particle, doch often stresses a contrast or a certainty. It is used more frequently in German than its nearest English equivalents and is often best translated into English by rephrasing the surrounding sentence.
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Adverb[edit]
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