welsch

See also: Welsch

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German welsch, wälsch (wälisch, welhisch, wälhisch, walsch), from Old High German walahisc, walahisk, walask, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk.

Cognate to Dutch Waals, English Welsh, Danish vælsk. In the sense “pertaining to Wales or the Welsh language” influenced by Middle English welische, English Welsh.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛlʃ/, [vɛlʃ], [vɛlt͡ʃ], [ʋ-]
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Adjective

welsch (strong nominative masculine singular welscher, not comparable)

  1. (Switzerland, relational) of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland
  2. (dated, sometimes derogatory, relational) Romance (of the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians)
    Synonym: romanisch
    • 1816, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “14. September 1786”, in Italienische Reise [Italian Journey]‎, volume 1:
      Die jenseitigen Deutschen rupfen den Teig wieder auseinander und braten ihn in Butter auf. Der welsche Tiroler hingegen ißt ihn so weg, manchmal Käse darauf gerieben, und das ganze Jahr kein Fleisch.
      The Germans living on the other side pluck the dough apart again and fry it in butter. The Romance-speaking Tyroleans, on the contrary, eat it as it is, sometimes with cheese grated over it, and no meat throughout the year.
  3. (archaic) foreign, not native
    Welschkorn ― maize (literally, “foreign corn”)
  4. (archaic, derogatory) of non-Germanic words in German; so used by purists of the 19th and early 20th century
  5. (obsolete, relational) of Wales; Welsh (of the country of Wales or the Welsh language)
    Synonym: walisisch

Declension
Positive forms of welsch (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist welsch sie ist welsch es ist welsch sie sind welsch
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative welscher welsche welsches welsche
genitive welschen welscher welschen welscher
dative welschem welscher welschem welschen
accusative welschen welsche welsches welsche
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der welsche die welsche das welsche die welschen
genitive des welschen der welschen des welschen der welschen
dative dem welschen der welschen dem welschen den welschen
accusative den welschen die welsche das welsche die welschen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein welscher eine welsche ein welsches (keine) welschen
genitive eines welschen einer welschen eines welschen (keiner) welschen
dative einem welschen einer welschen einem welschen (keinen) welschen
accusative einen welschen eine welsche ein welsches (keine) welschen

Derived terms

See also
  • wendisch (equivalent term for Slavic speakers)

Further reading
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