Ich

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See also: ich, ICH, ích, ịch, -ich, and -ich-

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ich

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

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German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

Nominalization of ich (I).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɪç/
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  • Hyphenation: Ich
  • Homophone: ich
  • Rhymes: -ɪç

Noun

Ich n (strong, genitive Ichs, plural Ichs or Ich)

  1. (psychoanalysis) ego
    Synonym: Ego
  2. self, me, him, etc.
    das wahre Ich
    the real me

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Ich

Further reading

  • Ich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Ich” in Duden online
  • Ich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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Pronoun

Ich

  1. Alternative form of ich
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 33:
      Del Ich.
      Until I.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 58:
      Nad Ich.
      Had I (not?).
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 63:
      Quo Ich.
      Say I.

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 33