welsch

See also: Welsch

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German welsch, wälsch (wälisch, welhisch, wälhisch, walsch), from Old High German walahisc, walahisk, walask, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz. Cognate to Dutch Waals, English Welsh, Danish vælsk.

In the sense “pertaining to Wales or the Welsh language” influenced by Middle English welische, English Welsh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛlʃ/
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Adjective

welsch (comparative welscher, superlative am welschesten)

  1. pertaining to the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland
  2. (dated, also derogatory) pertaining to the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians
  3. (archaic) pertaining to Wales or the language Welsh
  4. (archaic) foreign, not native
    1. (archaic, also derogatory) of non-Germanic words in German; so used, for example, by purists of the 19th and early 20th century

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