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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German welsch, wälsch (wälisch, welhisch, wälhisch, walsch), from Old High German walahisc, walahisk, walask, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk.
Cognate to Dutch Waals, English Welsh, Danish vælsk. In the sense “pertaining to Wales or the Welsh language” influenced by Middle English welische, English Welsh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]welsch (strong nominative masculine singular welscher, not comparable)
- (Switzerland, relational) of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland
- (dated, sometimes derogatory, relational) Romance (of the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians)
- Synonym: romanisch
- 1816, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “14. September 1786”, in Italienische Reise [Italian Journey][1], volume 1:
- Die jenseitigen Deutschen rupfen den Teig wieder auseinander und braten ihn in Butter auf. Der welsche Tiroler hingegen ißt ihn so weg, manchmal Käse darauf gerieben, und das ganze Jahr kein Fleisch.
- The Germans living on the other side pluck the dough apart again and fry it in butter. The Romance-speaking Tyroleans, on the contrary, eat it as it is, sometimes with cheese grated over it, and no meat throughout the year.
- (archaic) foreign, not native
- Welschkorn ― maize (literally, “foreign corn”)
- (archaic, derogatory) of non-Germanic words in German; so used by purists of the 19th and early 20th century
- (obsolete, relational) of Wales; Welsh (of the country of Wales or the Welsh language)
- Synonym: walisisch
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of welsch (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist welsch | sie ist welsch | es ist welsch | sie sind welsch | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | welscher | welsche | welsches | welsche |
genitive | welschen | welscher | welschen | welscher | |
dative | welschem | welscher | welschem | welschen | |
accusative | welschen | welsche | welsches | welsche | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der welsche | die welsche | das welsche | die welschen |
genitive | des welschen | der welschen | des welschen | der welschen | |
dative | dem welschen | der welschen | dem welschen | den welschen | |
accusative | den welschen | die welsche | das welsche | die welschen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein welscher | eine welsche | ein welsches | (keine) welschen |
genitive | eines welschen | einer welschen | eines welschen | (keiner) welschen | |
dative | einem welschen | einer welschen | einem welschen | (keinen) welschen | |
accusative | einen welschen | eine welsche | ein welsches | (keine) welschen |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- wendisch (equivalent term for Slavic speakers)
Further reading
[edit]- “welsch” in Duden online
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