ich

See also: Ich, ICH, ích, ịch, -ich, and -ich-

Symbol

ich

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Etkywan.

Etymology 1

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 *éǵh₂ (“I”). See also ch-, I.

Alternative forms

Iche, che, 'ch-, ch-

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪt͡ʃ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːtʃ, -ɪtʃ
Homophones: each, itch

Pronoun

ich

(personal, obsolete) I.
- 1529, John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng:
  "Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
- 1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes:
  My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]
- 1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie:
  With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.
- 1578, George Whetstone, The right, excellent and famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra:
  Kissyng and lying ich see is all one:
  And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.
- 1645, Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint:
  Dost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too.
- [1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Ich”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], →OCLC, column 2:
  Ich, a Word us'd for I in the Weſtern Parts of England.]

Usage notes

Ich was the form of I found in the dialects of the West Country, West Midlands, and Kent. It began to disappear from written English with the onset of the Chancery Standard in the 15th century, yet continued to see limited use until the middle of the 19th century.

The Northern dialectal form, ik (which derives from the same Old English root), likewise disappeared from writing with the onset of the Chancery Standard in the 15th century.

Derived terms

nich
chill (“I will”)
cham (“I am”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.

Alternative forms

ick

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪk/

Noun

ich (uncountable)

(ichthyology) Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
- 1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Iowa State University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 95:
  Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.

Derived terms

marine ich

Anagrams

IHC, Chi., Ch'i, chi, ch'i, CIH, Chi, hic, CHI, HCI

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Alternative forms

i
ig (Bern)

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik. Cognate with German ich, Dutch ik, English I, ich, Icelandic ég.

Pronunciation

(Lower Alemannic (Northern Alsace)) IPA^(key): /iʃ/, /eʃ/, /iː/ (i is the unstressed pronoun, used after the verb, as in hiit hàw i dìs g'màcht (today I have done this), but it is always ìch before the verb, never i)
(Higher Alemannic (Southern Alsace)) IPA^(key): /ix/, /ex/, /iː/ (unstressed)
(Zürich) IPA^(key): /ix/, /i/ (unstressed), IPA^(key): [ɪːx] (stressed)

Pronoun

ich

I

Declension

More information nominative, accusative ...

		nominative	accusative	dative	possessive m
1st person singular		ich, i	mich, mi	mir, mier, mer	min, miin
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich, di	dir, dier, der	din, diin
2nd person singular	polite	Si		Ine, Ene, -ne	Ire
3rd person singular	m	er	in, en	im	sin, siin
	f	si		ire
	n	es, 's, -s		im	sin, siin
1st person plural		mir, mer	üs, öis, ois, eus		üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural		ir, ier	öi, eu		öie, eure
3rd person plural		si		ine, ene, -ne	ire

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Alemannic German personal pronouns

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Alternative forms

eich (Moselle Franconian, stressed)
ech (some dialects of Ripuarian; Moselle Franconian, unstressed, enclitic)

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

The expected form is ech; the variant ich is from a form *īh with expressive lengthening (compare the corresponding diphthong in Moselle Franconian).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iɕ/, [iɕ]
- IPA^(key): [eɕ] → [əɕ] → [ɕ] (unstressed; enclitic before a consonant)
- IPA^(key): [ij] (enclitic before a vowel)
The enclitic pronunciation is used after verbs and conjunctions (unless the pronoun is stressed).

Pronoun

ich

(some dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch) I; nominative of the first-person singular personal pronoun
Dat senn ich op däm Fotto.
That’s I (or: me) in this photo.

Declension

Ripuarian (regional forms: Aachen [A], Cologne [C]; reduced or unstressed forms: red.):

More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ich	du do; Do [C] de (red.)	hä e (red.)	sei, sie se (red.)	it het [A] et, 't, -'t (red.)
Dative	mir meer [C] mer (red.) [A] = acc.	dir deer; Deer [C] der (red.) [A] = acc.	im höm [A] em (red.)	ihr ehr [C] hör [A] (or = nom.) er (red.)	im höm [A] (or = nom.) em (red.)
Accusative	mich	dich; Dich	in en (red.) [A] = dat.	= nom. [A] = nom. or dat.	= nom.
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	mir meer [C] mer (red.) vir [A], ver (red.)	ühr ehr; Ehr [C] er (red.)	sei, sie se (red.)
Dative	us, uns os, ons [A]	üch; Üch	inne hön, hönne [A] (or = nom.) en (red.)
Accusative	= dat.	= dat.	= nom.

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In other dialects:

ät (“it”) (Düren)

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Alternative forms

i (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. Cognate with German ich, English I.

Pronoun

ich

(Sette Comuni) I

Inflection

More information nominative, accusative ...

		nominative	accusative	dative
1st person singular		ich	mich	miar
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich	diar
2nd person singular	polite	iart	ach	òich
3rd person singular	m	èar, ar	in, en	iime
	f	zi, ze		iar
	n	es, is	es, 's	iime
1st person plural		bar, bandare	zich	izàndarn
2nd person plural		iart, iartàndare, artàndare	òich, ach	ogàndarn
3rd person plural		ze, zòi, zandare	zich	innàndarn

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Cimbrian personal pronouns

References

“ich” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
2013, Umberto Patuzzi (ed.), Sette Comuni / Siben Komoinen: Le nostre parole – D’ögnar börtar – Unsere Wörter, Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
2013, Umberto Patuzzi (ed.), Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole – Ünsarne börtar – Unsere Wörter, Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

ich

I
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:
  Ich malthata. Ego dico.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

Pronoun

ich

(Silesian, also Breslauisch) I

Declension

More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ihch; ich	du; de Du; De	er; a' är; a	sie, se, -'sche (after r), s', s'-	es; 's, -'s, -s (less common), -'sch (after r), -sch (after r, less common)
Dative	mir; mer	dir; der Dir (especially after prepositions and at the beginning of a sentence/clause); Der	ihm; i'm, im	ihr; i'r, ir	[Term?]
Accusative	mihch; mich	dihch; dich Dihch; Dich	ihn; i'n	sie, se, -'sche (after r)	es; 's, -'s, -s (less common), -'sch (after r), -sch (after r, less common)
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	bir (bier); ber	ihr; i'r	sie, se, s', s'-
Dative	uns, üns üns	euch	ihn'n; i'n'n, i'n
Accusative	uns, üns üns	euch	se

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sie/se and es can be contracted into s'e's (= SHG: sie es)

Pronoun

ich

(Silesian, also Gebirgsschlesisch) I

Declension

Gebirgsschlesisch:

More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	iech; ich	du; de Du;	a	sie, se	es; -'s, -s (merged with a preceding s into ß as in iß (SHG: ist es) from is, biß (SHG: bis es) from bis), -sch (after r)
Dative	mir; merr, mer	dir; derr, der Dir;	ihm	ihr
Accusative	miech; mich	diech; dich Diech;	ihn;	se	es; -'s, -s (merged with a preceding s into ß as in iß (SHG: ist es) from is, biß (SHG: bis es) from bis), -sch (after r)
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	mirr, mir; merr, mer	ihr	sie, se
Dative	ins	euch	a
Accusative	ins	euch	se

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Additionally there are:

sa (= SHG: sie ihn)
sa (= SHG: es ihnen)
marn (= SHG: wir ihn)
mida (= SHG: mit ihnen; from mit (“with”))

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More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	iech; ich	du; de Du; De	är; a	sie, se	es; 's, -'s, -'sch (after r)
Dative	mir; mer	dir; der Dir; Der	ihm; i'm	ihr; i'r
Accusative	miech; mich	diech; Diech;	i'n	se	es; 's, -'s, -'sch (after r)
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	bier; ber		sie, se
Dative	üns (uns)	(euch)
Accusative	üns (uns)	(euch)	se

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Additionally there are:

Ihr, I'r; Eich (Euch) (grammatically: 2nd ps. pl.; semantically: 2nd ps. sg. or pl.)
Sie, Se; I'n (grammatically: 3rd ps. pl.; semantically: 2nd ps. sg.)

Notes:

The forms uns, euch, Euch are rare, and could arguably be mistakes or misprints influenced by SHG uns, euch.

Pronoun

ich

(Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch) I

Declension

Nominative: ich
Dative: mir; mer
Accusative: mich

Pronoun

ich

(Silesian) I

Declension

Nominative: ich
Dative: mir; mer
Accusative: miech; mich

Pronoun

ich

(Obererzgebirge, Salzungen, Ruhla) I

Declension

Obererzgebirge:

Nominative: ich
Dative: mir
Accusative: mich

Salzungen:

Nominative: ich
Dative: me
Accusative: mich

Ruhla:

More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ich	dåu, de	hä̂, ä, e	sü̂, se	es
Genitive					s'n
Dative	mäi, me	däi, de	ü̂n, ün, en	ü̂r, er	ü̂n, ün, en
Accusative	mich	dich	ü̂n, ün, en	sü̂, se	es
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	mäi, me	å̈ü	sü̂, se
Genitive	onser	å̈ürer	ürner, örner, er
Dative	ons	ü̂ch, üch	ün, en
Accusative	ons	ü̂ch, üch	sü̂, se

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Alternative forms

ig (mer, mig) (Obererzgebirge)

References

Die Ruhlaer Mundart dargestellt von Karl Regel. Weimar, Hermann Boehlau. 1868

Pronoun

ich

(Oberlausitz, Altenburg, Mansfeld, Niederlausitz) I

Declension

Oberlausitz, Altenburg:

Nominative: ich; -'ch, 'ch
Dative: mir
Accusative: mich

Mansfeld:

Nominative: ich; -'ch, 'ch
Dative: mich
Accusative: mich

Niederlausitz:

Nominative: ich; -'ich (as in hua-'ich = SHG habe ich), -ich (as in hua-ich = SHG habe ich)
Dative: merr
Accusative: merr

Pronoun

ich

(Nord-Thüringisch, Wasungen, Erzgebirgisch) I

Declension

Erzgebirge:

Nominative: îch, ich
Dative: mir, mr
Accusative: mîch, mich

Nord-Thüringisch:

More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	iche, ich;	duu; de	hee; he	sie; se	es; 's
Dative	mich; me	dich;	een; 'n	eer; er	; 'n
Accusative	mich; me	dich;	een; 'n	sie; se	es; 's
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	mie; me	die; de	sie; se
Dative	uns;	uch;	; 'n
Accusative	uns;	uch;	sie; se

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Separated by semicolon are: strong/normal form ; weak/enclitic form

Wasungen:

More information 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular ...

	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	3rd Person Singular
	1st Person Singular	2nd Person Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īch, ich	dūe, du, də	hǟ, hä, ə	sǖə, sü, sə	äs, əs, s
Genitive	is usually paraphrased		sən	ər, ərə	sən
Dative	mīə, mə	dīə, də	ün, ən	ǖər, ər	ün, ən
Accusative	mīch, mich	dīch, dich	ün, ən	sǖə, sü, sə	äs, əs, s
	1st Person Plural	2rd Person Plural	3rd Person Plural
Nominative	mīə, mi, mə	ǖə, ü, ə	sǖə, sü, sə
Genitive	is always paraphrased		ər, ərə
Dative	ons, also onz	æ̊üch, ı̣ch	ün, ən
Accusative	ons, also onz	æ̊üch, ı̣ch	sǖə, sü, sə

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Pronoun

ich

(Alzenau) I

References

Idioticon der nord-thüringischen Mundart. – Den Bürgern Nordhausens gewidmet von Dr. Martin Schultze. Nordhausen. Verlag von Ferd. Förstemann. 1874
Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde. 71. Heft. Inhalt: Die Wasunger Mundart, 2. Teil. Von Kirchenrat Edinhard Reichardt in Meiningen. Hildburghausen. F. W. Gadow & Sohn, Herzogliche Hofbuchdruckerei. 1914
Marek Dolatowski (2015) “Pochodzenie etnolektu hałcnowskiego w świetle fonetyki i fonologii historycznej”, in Badania diachroniczne w Polsce (in Polish)
Marek Dolatowski (2013) “Słownictwo hałcnowskie jako odbicie historii etnolektu i historii wsi”, in Kwartalnik Językoznawczy (in Polish)
Marek Dolatowski (2013) “Słowniczek polsko-hałcnowski”, in Kwartalnik Językoznawczy (in Polish)

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Pronoun

ich

I

Alternative forms

Ich (royal)

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪç/
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Homophone: Ich
Rhymes: -ɪç

Pronoun

ich

I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	1st person	2nd person familiar¹	3rd person			1st person	2nd person familiar¹	3rd person	2nd person polite/formal
	singular					plural			singular and plural
	1st person	2nd person familiar¹	m	f	n	1st person	2nd person familiar¹	3rd person	2nd person polite/formal
nominative	ich	du -e²	er	sie -se²	es	wir	ihr	sie -se²	Sie Ihr³
genitive	meiner mein³	deiner dein³	seiner sein³	ihrer	seiner sein³	unser	euer	ihrer	Ihrer Euer³
dative	mir	dir	ihm	ihr	ihm	uns	euch	ihnen	Ihnen Euch³
accusative	mich	dich	ihn	sie -se²	es	uns	euch	sie -se²	Sie Euch³

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German personal pronouns

¹These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters. ²enclitic, colloquial ³archaic

In contemporary German, the genitive forms of personal pronouns are restricted to formal style and are infrequent even there. They may be used:

for the genitive object still found in a handful of verbs: Er erbarmte sich meiner. – "He had mercy on me". (Colloquially one would either use the dative case, or a prepositional object, or replace the verb with another.)
with certain adjectives or prepositions that govern the genitive, such as statt ("instead of, in place of"): Er kam statt meiner in die Mannschaft. – "He joined the team in my place." This sounds antiquated, and an meiner Statt or an meiner Stelle is preferable (in which case meiner is not a genitive, but a form of the possessive determiner mein).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iç/

Pronoun

ich

I
Ich sin en Fraa.
I am a woman.

Ich komme fun de Fabrick.
I'm coming from the factory.

Inflection

More information nominative, accusative ...

	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

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Hunsrik personal pronouns

Pronoun

ich

I

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *iihk.

Noun

ich

chili pepper

References

Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎ (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18; 24

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik.

Pronunciation

(most dialects) IPA^(key): [ɪx]
(Maastrichtian) IPA^(key): [ix]

Pronoun

ich (personal)

I

Inflection

More information Singular, Dual ...

	Singular	Dual^{[* 1]}	Plural
nominative	ich, 'ch	weet	weer, veer, v'r
genitive^{[* 2]}	miener, miens	ózzer	ózzer
locative^{[* 3]}	miches	ózzes	ózzes
dative^{[* 4]}	mir	ós	ós
accusative	mich	ós	ós

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[* 1]
Dual has been extinct for many centuries.
[* 2]
Genitive is no longer part of the living language.
[* 3]
Locative may have existed at some point in the past.
[* 4]
Dative is nowadays obsolete, accusative is used instead.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪ̀c/

Noun

ich

stomach

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /itʃ/

Pronoun

ich

Alternative form of I

Usage notes

Ich is the Southern and sometimes Midland form of I in Middle English, which corresponds to ik of the Northern dialect.

Etymology 2

Determiner

ich

Alternative form of ech

Pronoun

ich

Alternative form of ech

Etymology

From Old High German ih.

Pronoun

ich

(personal) I

Inflection

More information Number, Person ...

Middle High German personal pronouns
Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Singular	First		ich	mīn	mir	mich
	Second		du, dū	dīn	dir	dich
	Third	Masculine	ër CG hë(r)	sīn	im(e)	in
		Feminine	siu	ir(e)	ir(e)	sie
		Neuter	ëȥ CG iȥ, it	es	im(e)	ëȥ CG iȥ, it
Plural	First		wir	unser	uns	uns, unsich
	Second		ir	iuwer	iu, iuch	iuch
	Third	Masculine	sie	ir(e)	in	sie
		Feminine	sie			sie
		Neuter	siu			siu
The distinction of the forms siu and sie as shown above is typical of earlier Upper German texts, but was never general. The forms sī and si existed additionally and all four were increasingly used without differentiation.

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Descendants

Alemannic German: ich, ig, i
- Sensler: [iː]^[1]
- Swabian: i
  - Sathmar Swabian: i
Bavarian: i
- Cimbrian: ich (Setti Comuni); i (Luserna)
- Gottscheerish: iχ, ī, i (unstressed); iχχe (emphatic)
- Mòcheno: i
Central Franconian: ich, eich, ech
- Hunsrückisch: äijsch
  - Hunsrik: ich [ɪç]^[2]
- Britten: [æɪ̯ʃ], [ɪʃ]^[3]
- Kölsch: ich^[4]
East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: iech
- Silesian East Central German: iech
- Upper Saxon German: isch, ische
East Franconian: i, iech
German: ich
Luxembourgish: ech
Rhine Franconian:
- Hessian: aisch
- Pennsylvania German: ich [ɪç]^[5]
Vilamovian: ych
Yiddish: איך (ich)

References

[1]
Schmutz, Christian; Haas, Walter. (2004). Senslerdeutsches Wörterbuch. 2nd edition, Freiburg: Paulusverlag.
[2]
Altenhofen, Cléo Vilson. (1996). Hunsrückisch in Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung einer deutschbrasilianischen Dialektvarietät im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen. (Mainzer Studien zur Sprach- und Volksforschung 21.) Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
[3]
"ich". In: Besse, Maria. (2004). Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde in der Gemeinde Losheim am See.
[4]
Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch, Stichwort »ich« (URL).
[5]
Kelz, Heinrich P. (1971). Phonologische Analyse des Pennsylvaniadeutschen. Hamburg: Buske.

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih. Compare German ich, Dutch ik, English I, Old Norse ek.

Pronoun

ich

I

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	3rd person			1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	singular						plural
	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	m	f	n	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	ich	du de¹	dihr der¹ Sie	er	sie se¹	es	mir mer¹	dihr der¹	sie
dative	mir mer¹	dir der¹	eich Ihne Ne¹	ihm em¹	ihre re¹	ihm em¹	uns	eich	ihne ne¹
accusative	mich	dich	eich Sie	ihn en¹	sie se¹	es	uns	eich	sie

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Pennsylvania German personal pronouns

¹unstressed

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jixъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eiša, from Proto-Indo-European *éysom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈix/
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Rhymes: -ix
Syllabification: ich

Pronoun

ich (indeclinable)

possessive pronoun for oni or one, namely their or theirs

Pronoun

ich

genitive of oni; them
genitive of one; them
personal masculine accusative of oni; them

Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

Pronoun

ich

(Kassel) I

Alternative forms

nich, ne (after prepositions)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ix]

Pronoun

ich (indeclinable)

(possessive) their, theirs

Pronoun

ich

genitive/accusative of oni and ony

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More information substantive, possessive ...

		substantive		possessive
		singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person		ja	my	môj	náš
2nd person	familiar	ty	vy	tvoj	váš
2nd person	polite	vy		váš
3rd person	m	on	oni* / ony	jeho	ich
	f	ona		jej
	n	ono		jeho
reflexive		seba, sa (clitic)		svoj
* masculine animate only, ony otherwise.

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Slovak personal pronouns

Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

Pronoun

ich

(possibly less common) I
- 1863, Jakob Friedrich Schmidt, Gedichte in schwäbischer Mundart von J. F. Schmidt:
  - p. 16:
    Daß iar aber it moinet, i dä gar nix dett doba, so habe ich nothwendig Euch zu sagen, daß dau Arbet gnug geit, [...]
    
    Ich habe zwar nicht nothwendig Euch zu sagen, warum i net mitturna dua, abr [...]
  - P 30:
    „Herr Fürst,“ haut do der Pfortner gsait,
    „Ich habs verstekt da nei,
    Denn da kommt ebn die ganze Zeit
    Kei eiz'ger Mensch nich rei!“
  - P 46:
    Darum will ich ihm iatz deuta,
    Daß mir ganz mit Heaz und Händ
    Alles Loid und alle Freuda
    Redlich mit ihm thoila wend.

Declension

Nominative: ich (less common); i
Dative: mir
Accusative: mi

Alternative forms

i', i

Descendants

Sathmar Swabian: i

Pronoun

ich

dative and accusative of ihr (“you (plural)”)

Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

Pronoun

ich

I

Pronoun

ich

I

Alternative forms

Ich

Etymology

From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Compare obsolete English ich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪt͡ʃ/

Pronoun

ich

I
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 79:
  Ich woul ich had.
  I wish I had.
- 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 102:
  A portion ich gae her, was (it's now ich have ee-tolth)
  The portion I gave her was (it's now I have told)
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 5-6:
  If ich hadh Peeougheen a Buch, Meyleare a Slut, Peedher Ghiel-laaune, an Jackeen Bugaaune,
  If I had Hugh the Buck, Meyler the Sloven, Peter the Smart Man, and John Boggan,

Synonyms

'ch- (clitic)

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *Haty.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈit͡ʃ]

Noun

ich (plural ichoʼob)

References

Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 164: “Ich ssssss s ssss Ojo.”
Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 59

Etymology

Cognate to German ich.

Pronoun

ich

I

[1] [* 1]
Dual has been extinct for many centuries.

[2] [* 2]
Genitive is no longer part of the living language.

[3] [* 3]
Locative may have existed at some point in the past.

[4] [* 4]
Dative is nowadays obsolete, accusative is used instead.

[5] [1]
Schmutz, Christian; Haas, Walter. (2004). Senslerdeutsches Wörterbuch. 2nd edition, Freiburg: Paulusverlag.

[6] [2]
Altenhofen, Cléo Vilson. (1996). Hunsrückisch in Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung einer deutschbrasilianischen Dialektvarietät im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen. (Mainzer Studien zur Sprach- und Volksforschung 21.) Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.

[Besse-7] [3]
"ich". In: Besse, Maria. (2004). Britter Wörterbuch. Losheim am See: Verein für Heimatkunde in der Gemeinde Losheim am See.

[8] [4]
Online-Wörterbuch der Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch, Stichwort »ich« (URL).

[9] [5]
Kelz, Heinrich P. (1971). Phonologische Analyse des Pennsylvaniadeutschen. Hamburg: Buske.

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