Wiktionary

doch

See also: Doch and do'ch

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch doch, from Old Dutch thoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɔx/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔx
  • Hyphenation: doch
  • Homophone: dog

ConjunctionEdit

doch

  1. yet, but, still, on the contrary, no, yes
  2. but rather

SynonymsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Negerhollands: doch, dog
  • → Papiamentu: doch, dò (dated)

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate to Old English þēah (English though).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɔx/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /dɔ/, /do/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria; also in northern Germany in some positions, e.g. before nicht)
  • Audio(file)
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ParticleEdit

doch

  1. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary
    Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch!
    You can’t say that. — Yes, I can!
    Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch!
    You're not going to come? — Yes, I am!

ConjunctionEdit

doch

  1. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless
  2. for all that; after all; but

AdverbEdit

doch

  1. after all; yet; however; nevertheless
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 35:
      Auf dem Bahnhof dann, in dem sich senkenden Nebel, ein Gewühl von Pferden und grauen Gestalten, das zuerst unentwirrbar schien und sich dann doch rasch ordnete.
      On the station then, in the sinking fog, a crowd of horses and gray characters that initially looked inextricable, but then put itself in order swiftly after all.
  2. really; just
  3. indicates proposal Why don't you/we
    Komm doch mal mit.
    Why don't you just come [with us]?

Usage notesEdit

  • (really, just): As an emphatic particle, doch often stresses a contrast or a certainty. It is used more frequently in German than its nearest English equivalents and is often best translated into English by rephrasing the surrounding sentence.

Further readingEdit

  • “doch” in Duden online
  • “doch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

PlautdietschEdit

AdverbEdit

doch

  1. still, yet
  2. nevertheless
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