"ich" meaning in English

See ich in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪk/
Etymology: Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|ichthyophthiriasis}} Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ich (uncountable)
  1. (ichthyology) Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Ichthyology Categories (lifeform): Alveolates Synonyms: ick Derived forms: marine ich
    Sense id: en-ich-en-noun-qGhc4~KX Disambiguation of Alveolates: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 44 Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ich.wav [US]
Rhymes: -iːtʃ, -ɪtʃ 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 *éǵh₂ (“I”). See also ch-, I. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ich}} Middle English ich, {{inh|en|ang|iċ}} Old English iċ, {{m|ang|iċċ|pos=pronoun|t=I}} iċċ (“I”, pronoun), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ik}} Proto-West Germanic *ik, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ik}} Proto-Germanic *ik, {{m|gem-pro|*ek|pos=pronoun|t=I}} *ek (“I”, pronoun), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*éǵh₂|t=I}} Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”), {{m|en|ch-}} ch-, {{m|en|I}} I Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} ich
  1. (personal, obsolete) I. Tags: obsolete, personal Synonyms: Iche, che, 'ch-, ch- Derived forms: nich, chill (english: I will), cham (english: I am) Related terms: chinny reckon, ich-laut (english: from the German cognate)
    Sense id: en-ich-en-pron-YXf9JmTX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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