auch
See also: Auch
German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Dutch ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”), Luxembourgish och (“also”), Swedish och (“and”), Icelandic og (“and”), Danish og (“and”), and archaic English eke (“also”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aʊ̯x/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /aʊ̯/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria; also in the northern half in some positions, e.g. before nicht)
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Adverb
editauch
- also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed)
- Used for emphasis.
- To confirm a preceding statement by someone else: really, actually, indeed, in fact
- Ich will auch ein Eis. ― Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream.
- Das ist auch so. ― Stress on “ist”: It really is like that.
- Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch.
- You should go to the police. ― I will.
- To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.
- Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht?
- Did you make sure to turn off the light?
- To imply that something is unreasonable.
- Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?!
- You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done without the car?!
- Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen!
- Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here!
- To confirm a preceding statement by someone else: really, actually, indeed, in fact
- even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)
- ever as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.
- Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein.
- Whatever you do, someone will always do it better.
Interjection
editauch
- in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it; “yes, and more”
- Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch.
- Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too.
Further reading
edit- “auch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Spanish
editInterjection
edit¡auch!