name · noun · pron · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ɪk/
/iːt͡ʃ/
/ɪt͡ʃ/
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pron
Meaning 7
I.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, personal
Examples
Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.
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History
Etymology
From German Ich. Doublet of ego, I, and ich.
Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh2óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.