"Elch" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ɛlç/ Audio: De-Elch.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German elch, elhe, from Old High German elahho, eliho, elcho, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *elhô. In Early Modern German, the word had been entirely replaced with Elen (see there). In the late 18th century, the form Elk was borrowed from English elk, principally for the North American moose (then still thus called). This subsequently triggered renewed use of Elch, be it based on Middle High German or on East Prussian dialects where the word may have survived. After the mid-19th century, Elch began to make inroads, possibly reinforced by the entry Elen (1859) in the Deutsches Wörterbuch, where Grimm spoke disparagingly of this supposedly non-Germanic word. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|elch}} Middle High German elch, {{m|goh|elhe}} elhe, {{inh|de|goh|elahho}} Old High German elahho, {{m|goh|eliho}} eliho, {{m|goh|elcho}} elcho, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*elhaz|*elhaz, *elhô}} Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *elhô, {{m|de|Elen}} Elen, {{m|de||Elk}} Elk, {{cog|en|elk}} English elk, {{m|de||Elch}} Elch, {{m+|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{m|de||Elch}} Elch, {{m|de||Elen}} Elen Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s|f=kuh,in|m=bulle}} Elch m (strong, genitive Elches or Elchs, plural Elche, masculine Elchbulle, feminine Elchkuh or Elchin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Elches [genitive], Elchs [genitive], Elche [plural], Elchbulle [masculine], Elchkuh [feminine], Elchin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Elch [nominative, singular], Elche [definite, nominative, plural], Elches [genitive, singular], Elchs [genitive, singular], Elche [definite, genitive, plural], Elch [dative, singular], Elche [dative, singular], Elchen [dative, definite, plural], Elch [accusative, singular], Elche [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces) Wikipedia link: Brothers Grimm Tags: masculine, strong Categories (lifeform): Cervids Synonyms: Elen [archaic], Elentier, Elk [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-Elch-de-noun-gfPE0SzD Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: Alaska-Elch, Alunda-Elch, Elchart, Elchbeere, Elchbüchse, Elchbulle, Elchdecke, Elchfell, Elchfest, Elchfleisch, Elchgeweih, Elchhaut, Elchhornkoralle, Elchhund, Elchhündin, Elchin, Elchjagd, Elchjäger, Elchkalb, Elchkopf, Elchkot, Elchkuh, Elchleder, Elchlosung, Elchniederung, Elchpopulation, Elchschädel, Elchtest, Elchunterart, Elchwald, Elchwild

Inflected forms

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        "German nouns",
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        "German terms derived from Old High German",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.