och

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See also: Och, OCH, óch, òch, ȯch, öch, o'ch, and -och

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.

Pronunciation

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Particularly: "preferrably someone from Scotland or Ireland"

Interjection

och

  1. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
  2. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) an expression of anger, frustration, surprise
    • 2014 September 14, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
      “Och, ooh, it’s so confusing, it hurts my wee head! I’m just a woman, you know, just a pair of ovaries and some bangs! How do I have the mental capacity to pick from one of two options? Put me down for a no, and never trust me with an important decision again!”

Derived terms

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔx/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔx

Interjection

och

  1. alas

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

och

  1. to enter

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

och

  1. expressing endearment, pity, consideration, etc.
    Och, wie süß! ― Oh, how sweet!
    Och, Schatz! Das wird schon wieder! ― Oh, darling! It'll all be fine!
    Och, das ist eigentlich keine schlechte Idee! ― Hm, that's actually not a bad idea!

Usage notes

  • For the most part interchangeable with ach, but the two are preferred in different respective contexts.

Lacandon

Noun

och

  1. opossum

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From a Middle High German contraction och or possibly *uch, from ouch, from Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”), Icelandic og (“and”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

och

  1. also
  2. even

Synonyms

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oxъ, possibly from Proto-Slavic *o, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Latin oh, German oh.

Pronunciation

Interjection

och

  1. oh! (expresses surprise or realization)
    Synonyms: ach, ojej, ależ

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

  • och in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • och in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin octō.

Number

och

  1. (Puter) eight

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

och

  1. alas

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • o, å (colloquial (speech))

Etymology

From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Norwegian and Danish og, Dutch ook, German auch, and English eke. The unusual spelling with the digraph ch may have been to avoid confusion with the now dated ock (“too, also”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

och

  1. and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases
    Jag gillar hundar och katter. ― I like dogs and cats.
  2. and; used to denote the last item of a list
    äpplen, apelsiner och päron ― apples, oranges and pears
  3. (mathematics) and, plus
    Synonym: plus
    Två och tre är fem. ― Two and three is five.
  4. used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are performed at the same time, often used similarly to the gerund in other languages
    Jag sitter och läser. ― I'm sitting and reading.
  5. to; in order to; used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second
    Ska vi gå och bada? ― Should we go swimming?
  6. (poetic) introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause
    Och det vart afton, och det vart morgon, den andra dagen.
    And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Synonyms

  • (for most senses) samt

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

och

  1. (colloquial) and, so, so what
    "Du parkerar din bil framför mitt hus varje morgon." — "Och?"
    "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"

References

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