ich-laut

See also: Ichlaut

English

Etymology

German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (properly) /ˈɪçlaʊ̯t/, (anglicised) /ˈɪxlaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪklaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪʃlaʊ̯t/

Noun

ich-laut (plural ich-lauts)

1. the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)

Usage notes

• In German, the digraph ‹ch› represents this sound, except after a, o, u, where it represents a voiceless velar or voiceless uvular fricative, called ach-laut.

See also

• ach-laut