ich
/iːt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.22 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
pron
I.
Obsolete
noun
Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
Uncountable
name
literal transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.
Example Sentences
- "Ich haven't seen such foolishness before."
- ""Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]""
- "My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]"
- "With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare."
- "Kissyng and lying ich see is all one: And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore."
- "Dost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ich, iċ, *ik, *eǵh₂óm