weich

German

Etymology

From Middle High German weich, Old High German weih, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with Hunsrik weuch, Old Norse veikr (soft, tender), Old Saxon wēk, Old English wāc, Dutch week, English weak.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

weich (comparative weicher, superlative am weichsten)

  1. soft

Declension

References

  1. weich in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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