Wesch

First attested as Wesch (de) in 1877. Derived from Limburgish wesj (“washing place”). The reading of the toponym as wisch (“wet pasture”) is erroneous. Compare Waskemeer.

See also Limburgish De Wesj.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛs/
• Hyphenation: Wesch
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Homophone: wes

Wesch n

1. A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /veʃ/

Wesch f (plural Wesche)

1. washing

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Compare German Wäsche, Dutch was, English wash.

Wesch f

1. wash, laundry
   • 1951, Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, volume 16, page 144:

     Die Maad nemmt die Wesch naus / Un legt sie schee uffs Graas, / Do kummt en gleenes Amschelche / Un beisst re in die Naas.

     The maid takes the laundry outside / and lays it out nicely on the grass, / here a tiny, little robin comes / and bites her in her nose.

Wesch n (plural Wescha)

1. wisp