-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.
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contraction of -isch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃ/, [ʃ]
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
German terms suffixed with -sch
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch -isc, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.
Suffix
-sch