schiech
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schiech, from Old High German *skioh, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh. Doublet of scheu. Compare Bavarian schiach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]schiech (strong nominative masculine singular schiecher, comparative schiecher, superlative am schiechsten)
- (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) ugly
- (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) angry
Usage notes
[edit]The word is common in Bavaria and Austria, but is mostly confined to oral conversation in the local Bavarian dialects, where it would typically be pronounced [ʃɪɐ̯x]. Since the word only rarely appears in written form, and the dialectal [ɪɐ̯] diphthong very often corresponds to [iʁ] or [iːʁ] in the standard language, some speakers hypercorrectly pronounce the word [ʃɪʁç] and spell it schirch when using it in the context of Standard German.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of schiech
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schiech | sie ist schiech | es ist schiech | sie sind schiech | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schiecher | schieche | schieches | schieche |
genitive | schiechen | schiecher | schiechen | schiecher | |
dative | schiechem | schiecher | schiechem | schiechen | |
accusative | schiechen | schieche | schieches | schieche | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schieche | die schieche | das schieche | die schiechen |
genitive | des schiechen | der schiechen | des schiechen | der schiechen | |
dative | dem schiechen | der schiechen | dem schiechen | den schiechen | |
accusative | den schiechen | die schieche | das schieche | die schiechen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schiecher | eine schieche | ein schieches | (keine) schiechen |
genitive | eines schiechen | einer schiechen | eines schiechen | (keiner) schiechen | |
dative | einem schiechen | einer schiechen | einem schiechen | (keinen) schiechen | |
accusative | einen schiechen | eine schieche | ein schieches | (keine) schiechen |
Comparative forms of schiech
Superlative forms of schiech
Further reading
[edit]- “schiech” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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