Borrowed fromGerman-isch. The native Dutch cognates are-s, earlier-sch.[1] The pronunciation/is/ is due to an earlier pronunciation standard, by which all German vowels were to betense. (The contemporary German standard pronunciation is/ɪʃ/.) More at-ish.
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| Declension of-isch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | -isch | |||
| inflected | -ische | |||
| comparative | -ischer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | -isch | -ischer | het-ischt het-ischte | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | -ische | -ischere | -ischte |
| n. sing. | -isch | -ischer | -ischte | |
| plural | -ische | -ischere | -ischte | |
| definite | -ische | -ischere | -ischte | |
| partitive | -isch | -ischers | — | |
Inherited fromMiddle High German-isch.
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Inherited fromOld High German-isc.
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