Welsch

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proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper nounWelsch (plural Welsches)

plural Welsches

Origin

* As a German surname, from welsch (“foreign, non-Germanic”). * As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Ẃelš, Wjelš, shortened from Welisław; see Welk.

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APA

Welsch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Welsch

MLA

“Welsch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Welsch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Welsch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Welsch.

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