different between och vs oche

English

Alternative forms

• ach
• ock

Etymology

Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x/
• Rhymes: -?x

Interjection

och

1. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
2. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) an expression of anger, frustration, surprise

Derived terms

• och aye

Anagrams

• CHO, COH, Cho, HCO, OHC

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x/
• Rhymes: -?x

Interjection

och

1. alas

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x/

Interjection

och

1. expressing endearment, pity, consideration, etc.

Usage notes

• For the most part interchangeable with ach, but the two are preferred in different respective contexts.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From a Middle High German contraction och or possibly *uch, from ouch, from Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”), Icelandic og (“and”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?/

  Rhymes: -o?

Adverb

och

1. also
2. even

Synonyms

• (even): esouguer

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) otg
• (Vallader) ot

Etymology

From Latin oct?.

Number

och

1. (Puter) eight

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

och

1. alas

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Norwegian and Danish og, Dutch ook, German auch, and English eke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?/, (when emphasised) /?k?/
• Homophone: ock

Conjunction

och

1. and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases

2. and; used to denote the last item of a list

   äpplen, apelsiner och päron

   apples, oranges and pears

3. (mathematics) and, plus

   Två och tre är fem.

   Two and three is five.

4. used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are performed at the same time, often used similarly to the gerund in other languages

   Jag sitter och läser.

   I'm sitting and reading.

5. used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second

   Ska vi gå och bada?

   Should we go swimming?

6. (poetic) Introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause

   Och det vart afton, och det vart morgon, den andra dagen.

   And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Related terms

• ock

Interjection

och

1. (colloquial) so, so what

English

Etymology

Possibly from Middle French oche (“notch”), from Old French ocher, ochier (“to make a notch in; to notch”),, which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

oche (plural oches)

1. (darts) A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart. [from 1930s]

Alternative forms

• hockey (dated)

References

Further reading

• oche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Michael Quinion (created 14 February 2004, last updated 24 February 2004) , “Oche”, in World Wide Words

References

• Partridge, Eric (2006): Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Anagrams

• Choe, Echo, HCEO, echo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ke/

Noun

oche f

1. plural of oca