welsch

== German == === Alternative forms === wälsch (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German welsch, wälsch (wälisch, welhisch, wälhisch, walsch), from Old High German walahisc, walahisk, walask, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk. Cognate to Dutch Waals, English Welsh, Danish vælsk. In the sense “pertaining to Wales or the Welsh language” influenced by Middle English welische, English Welsh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛlʃ/, [vɛlʃ], [vɛlt͡ʃ], [ʋ-] === Adjective === welsch (strong nominative masculine singular welscher, not comparable) (Switzerland, relational) of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland (dated, sometimes derogatory, relational) Romance (of the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians) Synonym: romanisch (archaic) foreign, not native Welschkorn ― maize (literally, “foreign corn”) welsche Wörter (used by purists of the 19th and early 20th century) ― non-native (non-Germanic) words (obsolete, relational) of Wales; Welsh (of the country of Wales or the Welsh language) Synonym: walisisch ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kauderwelsch, Kauderwelsch rotwelsch, Rotwelsch Welschkorn Welschland Welschschweiz === See also === wendisch (equivalent term for Slavic speakers) === Further reading === “welsch” in Duden online