Äsche
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German asca, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ. Cognate with German Asche, Dutch as, English ash, Swedish aska.
Noun edit
Äsche f
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 13.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German asche m, from Old High German asco, probably derived from asca (“ash, ashes”), whence modern German Asche, due to the fish's grey colour. The umlaut is sometimes explained as stemming from a plural, but the Middle High German noun had weak declension and thus no umlaut. Therefore more probably from the secondary umlaut triggered by following -sch-, which occurs throughout western dialects of High German. Standardised here to avoid the homophony with Asche above, as also in the unrelated Esche.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Äsche f (genitive Äsche, plural Äschen)
- grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
- Synonym: Europäische Äsche f
Declension edit
Declension of Äsche [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Äsche” in Duden online
Limburgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Äsche pl (German-based spelling)