doch
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch doch, from Old Dutch thoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔx/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔx
- Hyphenation: doch
- Homophone: dog
Conjunction
doch
Synonyms
German
Etymology
From Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate to Old English þēah (English though).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔx/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /dɔ/, /do/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria by influence of Bavarian; also in northern Germany in some positions, e.g. before nicht)
Audio (file) Audio (file)
Particle
doch
Adverb
doch
- after all; yet; however; nevertheless
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 35:
- Auf dem Bahnhof dann, in dem sich senkenden Nebel, ein Gewühl von Pferden und grauen Gestalten, das zuerst unentwirrbar schien und sich dann doch rasch ordnete.
- On the station then, in the sinking fog, a crowd of horses and gray characters that initially looked inextricable, but then put itself in order swiftly after all.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 35:
- really; just
- indicates proposal Why don't you/we
- Komm doch mal mit.
- Why don't you just come [with us]?
Usage notes
- (really, just): As an emphatic particle, doch often stresses a contrast or a certainty. It is used more frequently in German than its nearest English equivalents and is often best translated into English by rephrasing the surrounding sentence.
Kashubian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔx/
- Syllabification: doch
Particle
doch
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “przecież”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “przecież”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “doch”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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