Loch
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with Old Saxon lok (Middle Low German lok), Middle Dutch loc, Old English loc (English lock), Old Norse lok (Swedish lock).
NounEdit
Loch n (genitive Lochs or Loches, plural Löcher, diminutive Löchlein n or Löchelchen n)
- hole; perforation
- hole in the ground; pit
- gap; bare spot
- (dentistry) cavity
- dungeon; underground prison
- (colloquial) prison; jail / gaol
- (colloquial) apartment, flat or house in a bad condition; dump
- (colloquial) boring small town or village
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Loch
SynonymsEdit
- (pit): Grube
- (gap): Lücke
- (dungeon): Kerker; Verlies
- (prison): Gefängnis; Haftanstalt; Justizvollzugsanstalt; Bau; Kittchen; Knast
- (boring town): Kaff
Derived termsEdit
- aus dem letzten Loch pfeifen (“to be at the end of one's tether”) (less commonly: auf dem letzten Loch)
- ein Loch in den Bauch fragen (“to talk someone's head off”)
- Astloch
- Atemloch
- Baggerloch
- Bohrloch
- Dreckloch
- Fensterloch
- Hosenloch
- Knopfloch
- lochartig
- Lochfraßkorrosion
- Lochkarte
- Luftloch
- Schlüsselloch
- Sommerloch
- Strumpfloch
- Türloch
- Wasserloch
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From English loch, from Scottish Gaelic loch.
NounEdit
Loch n (genitive Lochs, plural Lochs)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Loch
HunsrikEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Loch n (plural Lecher, diminutive Lechelche)
Further readingEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
Loch n (plural Lecher)
PlautdietschEdit
NounEdit
Loch n (plural Lajcha)