auch

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ouch, from Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Dutch ook (“also”), Low German 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 === IPA(key): /aʊ̯x/ (standard) IPA(key): /aʊ̯/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria; also in the northern half in some positions, e.g. before nicht) === Adverb === auch also, too, as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) Synonyms: ebenfalls, ebenso Ich will auch ein Eis. ― Stress on “auch”: I too want an ice cream. Ich will auch ein Eis. ― Stress on “Eis”: I want an ice cream, too. 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 an ice cream. Das ist auch so. ― Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary. To imply that something is unreasonable. even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality) Synonyms: sogar, selbst ever as in whatever, whenever, however, etc. === Interjection === auch 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” === Further reading === “auch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaut͡ʃ/ [ˈau̯t͡ʃ] Rhymes: -autʃ Syllabification: auch === Interjection === ¡auch! (Mexico) expression of pain, ouch Synonyms: au, ay