schiech

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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]

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪɐ̯x/ (Bavarian)

Adjective[edit]

schiech (strong nominative masculine singular schiecher, comparative schiecher, superlative am schiechsten)

  1. (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) ugly
  2. (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.

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Further reading[edit]

  • schiech” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache