weich

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German weich, Old High German weih.

Cognate with Hunsrik weuch, Old Norse veikr (soft, tender), Old Saxon wēk, Old English wāc, Dutch week, English weak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaɪ̯ç/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

Adjective

weich (strong nominative masculine singular weicher, comparative weicher, superlative am weichsten)

  1. soft

Declension

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “weich”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • weich” in Duden online
  • weich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache