ich
/iːt͡ʃ/
ich pronoun: i.
Pronoun
ich
- I.
- 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, [...]"1529, John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng
Noun (1)
IPA/ɪk/
ich (uncountable)
- Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
- Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Iowa State University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 95
Noun (2) capitalized: ICH
ICH (countable and uncountable, plural ICHs)
- Initialism of intracranial hemorrhage.
- Initialism of intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Initialism of intracranial hematoma.
- Initialism of intangible cultural heritage.
Proper noun capitalized: Ich
Ich
- literal transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.
- Synonyms:
- ego
ich meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ich in Hindi
- आई. सी. एच, आइ. सी. एच
ich in Tamil
- ஐ. சி. எச்
ich in Marathi
- आय. सी. एच
ich in Urdu
- آئچ, آئی سی ایچ
More languagesFewer languages
- ich in Telugu
- ఇచ్
- ich in Malayalam
- ഐ. സി. എച്ച്
- ich in Kannada
- ಐ. ಸಿ. ಎಚ್, ಇಚ್
- ich in Punjabi
- ਆਈ. ਸੀ. ਐੱਚ
- ich in Gujarati
- આઈ. સી. એચ
Examples of ich in a sentence
- My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes:
- With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie:
- Dost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too.1645, Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint:
- Ich, a Word us'd for I in the Weſtern Parts of England.[1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Ich”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th...
Synonyms of ich
Forms of ich
| Pronoun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Iche |
| alternative form | che |
| alternative form | ch |
| alternative form | 'ch- |
| alternative form | ch- |
| Noun | |
| alternative form | ick |
| plural | ICHs |
Origin of ich
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.
Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.
From German Ich. Doublet of ego, I, and ich.
Words formed from ich
- nich
- chill
- cham
- marine ich
Phrases with ich
Words that rhyme with ich
Questions about ich
- What does ich mean?
- Ich means i.
- What is ich in Hindi?
- Ich in Hindi is आई. सी. एच, आइ. सी. एच. See Ich meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ich in a sentence?
- My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]
- What part of speech is ich?
- Ich can be a pronoun, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ich?
- Ich is pronounced /iːt͡ʃ/.
Words near ich in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ich (page history and authors); ICH (page history and authors); Ich (page history and authors); ich (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ich (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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