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ich

pronounnounattested in dialogue

  • //iːt͡ʃ//
  • //ɪt͡ʃ//
  • //ɪk//

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

pronoun

  1. 1

    obsoleteI.

    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.

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.

noun

  1. 1

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

    Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.

Etymology

Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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