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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -sch.

Suffix

-sch

archaic form of -s (“suffix forming adjectives”)

Usage notes

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.

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German

Alternative forms

-'sch

Etymology

Contraction of -isch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃ/, [ʃ]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Suffix

-sch

A suffix attached to names to produce eponymous adjectives: -ean, -ian, 's
die Boolesche/boolesche Algebra ― Boolean algebra

Usage notes

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

Allensche Regel
Boolesch, boolesch
Gaußsch, gaußsch
Goethesch, goethesch; Göthesch, göthesch
Grimmsch, grimmsch
Hitlersch, hitlersch
Hobbessch, hobbessch
Lockesch, lockesch
Luthersch, luthersch
Mozartsch, mozartsch
Müllersch
Newtonsch, newtonsch

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Suffix

-sch

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

Alternative forms

-sc

Descendants

Dutch: -s (older -sch)

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