"welch" meaning in German

See welch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /vɛlç/ Audio: De-welch.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|determiner}} welch
  1. (only preceding ein or an adjective, emphatic) what Tags: emphatic Synonyms: was für, welch' Related terms: welcher
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          "english": "How fortunate! (literally, “What a luck!”)",
          "text": "Welch ein Glück!",
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          "english": "The German prankster in America",
          "ref": "1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America], page 255:",
          "text": "Welch' ein Esel Bruder Leichtfuß doch war—welch' ein unbeschreiblich törichter dickköpfiger Junge!",
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          "ref": "1956, Ernst Bloch, Das Prinzip Hoffnung, volume 3, Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, page 304:",
          "text": "In der Tat, welch ein Weg, welch ein Vergessen und Aufhellen von dem unheimlichen eulenartigen Wesen, das ums Erechtheion geistert, bis zur Pallas Athene Homers.",
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