ich

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Scrabble points: 8
Words With Friends: 8
Letters: 3

Pronunciation

/iːt͡ʃ/

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/iːt͡ʃ/ · /ɪt͡ʃ/ · /ɪk/

Definition of ich

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

pron

(obsolete, personal)I.

“Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.”
“"Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"”
“My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]”
“With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.”
“Kissyng and lying ich see is all one: And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.”

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pron

(obsolete, personal)I.

“Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.”
“"Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"”
“My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]”
“With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.”
“Kissyng and lying ich see is all one: And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.”

noun

(uncountable)Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.

“Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.”
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of intracranial hemorrhage.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of intracerebral hemorrhage.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of intracranial hematoma.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of intangible cultural heritage.

name

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

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Etymology

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.