Duch

• Duuch (alternative spelling)
• Doch, Dooch (chiefly Ripuarian)

From Middle High German tuoch, from Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).

• IPA^(key): /duːx/

Duch n (plural Diecher, diminutive Diechelche)

1. (most dialects of Moselle Franconian) cloth

Shortened from the Old Czech personal name Duchoslav, from duch (“spirit”) + sláva (“fame, glory”). First attested in 1544.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdux]

Duch m anim (female equivalent Duchová)

1. a male surname

• “Duch”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

From Middle High German tuoch, from Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).

• IPA^(key): /duχ/

  Rhymes: -uχ

Duch n (plural Dicher, diminutive Dichelchen)

1. cloth
2. towel

• Buedduch
• Dëschelduch
• Handduch
• Läinduch

• Duch in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

• Duche, Deuche, Dusche, Dewche, Dowche, duch, duche, deuche, dusche

From Middle Dutch duutsch and Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch, in turn from Old Saxon thiudisk. Doublet of thedisch.

• IPA^(key): /dutʃ/, /diu̯tʃ/

Duch

1. German, Dutch

   Duche tonge ― German language

Duch

1. German, Low German, Dutch (languages)

   heigher Duche ― High German

   louer Duche ― Low German

• Duchish

• English: Dutch
• Scots: Dutch

• “Dū̆ch, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 February 2023.

From Middle High German tuoch, from Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).

Duch n (plural Dicher)

1. cloth, handkerchief

• Dellerduch
• Halsduch

From duch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdux/
• Rhymes: -ux
• Syllabification: Duch
• Homophone: duch

Duch m pers

1. a male surname

Duch f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Duch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030