Duch

• Duuch (alternative spelling)
• Doch, Dooch (chiefly Ripuarian)

From Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).

• IPA^(key): /duːx/

Duch n (plural Diecher, diminutive Diechelche)

1. (most dialects of Moselle Franconian) cloth

From Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).

• IPA^(key): /duχ/

  Rhymes: -uχ

Duch n (plural Dicher)

1. cloth
2. towel

• Buedduch
• Dëschelduch
• Handduch
• Läinduch

• Duche, Dewche, Dowche

From Middle Dutch duutsch and Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch, in turn from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz. Doublet of thedisch.

• IPA^(key): /dutʃ/, /diu̯tʃ/

Duch

1. German, Dutch
2. German, Low German, Dutch (languages)

• Duchish

• English: Dutch
• Scots: Dutch

From Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).

Duch n (plural Dicher)

1. cloth, handkerchief

• Dellerduch
• Halsduch

From duch (“ghost, spirit”).

• IPA^(key): /dux/

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Duch m pers or f

1. A masculine surname​.
2. A feminine surname​.

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.