-isch
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German -isch. The native Dutch cognates are -s, earlier -sch.[1] The pronunciation /is/ is due to an earlier pronunciation standard, by which all German vowels were to be tense. (The contemporary German standard pronunciation is /ɪʃ/). More at -ish.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-isch
Inflection edit
Inflection of -isch | ||||
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uninflected | -isch | |||
inflected | -ische | |||
comparative | -ischer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | -isch | -ischer | het -ischt het -ischte | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | -ische | -ischere | -ischte |
n. sing. | -isch | -ischer | -ischte | |
plural | -ische | -ischere | -ischte | |
definite | -ische | -ischere | -ischte | |
partitive | -isch | -ischers | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German -isch, from Old High German -isc.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-isch
- an adjectival suffix, often matching -ic and -ical
- of a nationality, or the language associated with a nationality; often matches -ish or -ian
Related terms edit
See also edit
Middle English edit
Suffix edit
-isch
- Alternative form of -yssh