Furche

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vurch, from Old High German furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs. The word is an original root noun and shows rests of this declension in Middle High German alongside i-stem forms both with an without umlaut (vürhe, vurhe). From these, weak plurals (vürhen, vurhen) and new singulars in -e were later derived. Prevocalic -ch- < -h- is chiefly (eastern) Upper German, but established itself more widely in order to avoid homonymy with unrelated Fuhre (“cartload”), although this merger did take place in some Central German dialects. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʊrçə/, [ˈfʊʁ.çə], [ˈfʊɐ̯-], (southern also) [-xə], [-xɛ], (Swiss also) [ˈfur.χə] Hyphenation: Fur‧che === Noun === Furche f (genitive Furche, plural Furchen) (agriculture) furrow (by extension) deep crease, wrinkle etc. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Furche”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Furche” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Furche” in Duden online “Furche” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon