Meanings
ich1
alternative Iche · alternative che · alternative ch · alternative 'ch- · alternative ch-
- obsoletepersonalI.
Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.
5 more examples
"Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
1529, John Skelton, Elynour RummyngMy maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]
1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondesWith cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.
1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of AmitieKissyng and lying ich see is all one: And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.
1578, George Whetstone, The right, excellent and famous Historye of Promos and CassandraDost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too.
1645, Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint
ich2
alternative ick
- uncountablebiologyIchthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.
1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Iowa State University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 95
Ich3
- literal transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.
Synonyms: ego
ICH4
plural ICHs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intracranial hemorrhage.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intracerebral hemorrhage.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intracranial hematoma.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intangible cultural heritage.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounliteral transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.
Origin
ich · pronoun
- Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm“I”
- Proto-Germanic*ik
- Proto-West Germanic*ik
- Old Englishiċ
- Middle Englishich
- Englishich
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.
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ich. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ich
“ich.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ich. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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