-sch

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See also: sch, Sch, Sch., sch-, and -'sch

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch -sch.

Suffix

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-sch

  1. Archaic form of -s (suffix forming adjectives).

Usage notes

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  • Occasionally used in deliberately archaising language; e.g. a product marketed to appeal to a sense of nostalgia may use a spelling such as Hollandsch instead of Hollands.
  • In some cases this archaising usage extends even to words ending in -s today which historically did not end in -sch at all. For example, some university sororities may include the word damesch (from dames, plural of dame (lady)): a completely made-up archaism, as the plural marker -s historically was never spelled -sch.

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of -isch.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-sch

  1. A suffix attached to names to produce eponymous adjectives: -ean, -ian, 's
    die Boolesche/boolesche AlgebraBoolean algebra

Usage notes

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  • Words in -sch inflect like normal adjectives.
  • While the name generally remains capitalised with the spelling -'sch, it may alternatively be lowercased without the apostrophe (provided that the adjective is neither nominalised nor part of a fixed term).

Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch -isc, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.

Suffix

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-sch

  1. -ish, -an; Used to form adjectives of origin.

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: -s (older -sch)