איך

Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔajk/

Conjunction

איך • (transliteration needed)

  1. like, as, similar to

Hebrew

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)eχ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

אֵיךְ • (ékh)

  1. how

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. Compare German ich.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪχ/

Pronoun

איך • (ikh)

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Usage notes

  • Sometimes informally contracted to כ׳ (kh') or כ״ (kh") (kh'), as in כ״וויל (I want).
  • Sometimes pronounced as "Ekh", "Yekh", or "Yakh", especially in the southern dialect.

See also

Yiddish personal pronouns
person singular
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n
nominative איך (ikh) דו (du) ער (er) זי (zi) עס (es)
dative מיר (mir) דיר (dir) אים (im) איר (ir) אים (im)
accusative מיך (mikh) דיך (dikh) אים (im) זי (zi) עס (es)
person plural
1st 2nd 3rd
nominative מיר (mir) איר (ir) זיי (zey)
dative אונדז (undz) אײַך (aykh) זיי (zey)
accusative אונדז (undz) אײַך (aykh) זיי (zey)

See also the possessive pronouns.