ich-laut

== English == === Etymology === From German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (properly) /ˈɪçlaʊ̯t/, (anglicised) /ˈɪxlaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪklaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪʃlaʊ̯t/ === Noun === ich-laut (plural ich-lauts) the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German) ==== Usage notes ==== In German, the digraph ‹ch› represents this sound, except after a, o, u, where it represents a voiceless velar or voiceless uvular fricative, called ach-laut. === See also === ach-laut