siech

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German siech, from Old High German sioh, siuh, from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Cognate with English sick, Dutch ziek, Swedish sjuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ziːç/
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Adjective

siech (strong nominative masculine singular siecher, comparative siecher, superlative am siechsten)

  1. (dated in literary style, otherwise uncommon) sick; ill; weak; frail; ailing; afflicted
    Synonyms: altersschwach, krank, geschwächt
    • 1981, Gregor von Rezzori, Der arbeitslose König. Maghrebinische Märchen, Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, pages 99–100:
      War er auch schweißgebadet, atemlos und siech vor Erschöpfung hier angelangt, so fühlte er sich mit einemmal frisch und doppelt leistungsfähig.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Further reading

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

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German sioh, siuh, from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.

Adjective

siech

  1. sick, leprous

Declension

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: siech
  • German: siech

Further reading