ich

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/iːt͡ʃ//ɪt͡ʃ//ɪk/

pronoun

I.

“Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.”

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Meanings

ich1

pronoun

alternative Iche · alternative che · alternative ch · alternative 'ch- · alternative ch-

  1. 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 Rummyng

    My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]

    1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes

    With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.

    1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie

    Kissyng 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 Cassandra

    Dost 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

nounich (uncountable)

alternative ick

  1. 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

proper noun
  1. literal transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.

    Synonyms: ego

ICH4

nounICH (countable and uncountable, plural ICHs)

plural ICHs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intracranial hemorrhage.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intracerebral hemorrhage.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of intracranial hematoma.
  4. 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.

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Origin

ich · pronoun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm“I”
  2. Proto-Germanic*ik
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ik
  4. Old Englishiċ
  5. Middle Englishich
  6. 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 · proper noun

  1. GermanIch
  2. EnglishIch

From German Ich. Doublet of ego, I, and ich.

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