Wisch

Dutch

Etymology

Named after a fiefdom that was located on the territory of the municipality. The name of the fiefdom derives in turn from Old Dutch wisch (“damp pasture”). Related to Old English wisca (“river meadow”); all are probably related to Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) (River Wiske).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Wisch

Proper noun

Wisch n

A former municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands

References

^ Upsala universitets årsskrift. (1926). Sweden: Akademiska bokhandeln, p. 28
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 526

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wisch, form Old High German -wisc (in arswisc and ovanwisc), from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz. Cognate with English whisk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɪʃ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

Wisch m (strong, genitive Wisches or Wischs, plural Wische)

(dated or regional) wisp (bundle of straw)
(informal, derogatory) sheet of paper, usually an official document or form
Synonym: Schrieb

Declension

Declension of Wisch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wisch	die	Wische
genitive	eines	des	Wisches, Wischs	der	Wische
dative	einem	dem	Wisch, Wische¹	den	Wischen
accusative	einen	den	Wisch	die	Wische

¹Now rare, see notes.

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Wikipedia ^de

Proper noun

Wisch n (proper noun, genitive Wischs or (optionally with an article) Wisch)

A municipality of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
A municipality of Plön district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

[1] Upsala universitets årsskrift. (1926). Sweden: Akademiska bokhandeln, p. 28

[2] Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 526

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