Wesch

See also: Wësch

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Wesch (de) in 1877. Derived from Limburgish wesj (“washing place”). The reading of the toponym as wisch (“wet pasture”) is erroneous. Compare Waskemeer.

See also Limburgish De Wesj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛs/
• Hyphenation: Wesch
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Homophone: wes

Proper noun

Wesch n

1. a hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveʃ/
• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Syllabification: Wesch

Noun

Wesch f (plural Wesche)

1. washing

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Wesch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Wäsche, Dutch was, English wash.

Noun

Wesch f

1. wash, laundry
   • 1951, Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, volume 16, page 144:

     Die Maad nemmt die Wesch naus / Un legt sie schee uffs Graas, / Do kummt en gleenes Amschelche / Un beisst re in die Naas.

     The maid takes the laundry outside / and lays it out nicely on the grass, / here a tiny, little robin comes / and bites her in her nose.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Wesch n (plural Wescha)

1. wisp