-isch

See also: isch, Isch, and ìsch

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German -isch. The native Dutch cognates are -s, earlier -sch. The pronunciation /is/ is due to an earlier pronunciation standard, by which all German vowels were to be tense. (The contemporary German standard pronunciation is /ɪʃ/.) More at -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is/
• (Some southern dialects) IPA^(key): /ɪs/

Suffix

-isch

1. -ic, -ian

   fantastisch ― fantastic

   utopisch ― utopian

Declension

Declension of -isch
uninflected	-isch
inflected	-ische
comparative	-ischer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		-isch	-ischer	het -ischt het -ischte
indefinite	m./f. sing.	-ische	-ischere	-ischte
	n. sing.	-isch	-ischer	-ischte
	plural	-ische	-ischere	-ischte
definite		-ische	-ischere	-ischte
partitive		-isch	-ischers	—

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -isch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: -ies
• → Indonesian: -is

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -isch, from Old High German -isc, from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪʃ/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /əʃ/ (variant in common speech)

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Suffix

-isch

1. an adjectival suffix, often matching -ic and -ical
2. of a nationality, or the language associated with a nationality; often matches -ish or -ian

Related terms

• allegorisch
• altmodisch
• apathisch
• bürokratisch
• chinesisch
• euklidisch, Euklidisch
• hierokratisch
• kritisch
• lateinisch
• Lutherisch, lutherisch
• metaphorisch
• russisch

 

German terms suffixed with -isch

Descendants

• → Dutch: -isch
  • Afrikaans: -ies
  • → Indonesian: -is

See also

• -'sch, -sch
• -lich
• -ig

Middle English

Suffix

-isch

1. Alternative form of -yssh

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German -isc, from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Suffix

-isch

1. used to form adjectives

   ‎alp (“elf”) + ‎-isch → ‎elbisch (“elven”)

2. used to form demonyms

   ‎Ītālia (“Italy”) + ‎-isch → ‎ītālisch (“Italian”)

Derived terms

Middle High German terms suffixed with -isch

Descendants

• German: -isch
  • → Dutch: -isch
    • Afrikaans: -ies
    • → Indonesian: -is
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: -isch
  • Luxembourgish: -esch
• Vilamovian: -yś
• Yiddish: ־יש (-ish)