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Deutsch

  • /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ/

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PIE word

*tewtéh₂

Borrowed from German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of Dutch and Doitsu.

proper noun

  1. rare German (the language). Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
  2. A surname from German.

adjective more Deutsch · most Deutsch

  1. rare German, in the German language. Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: german, english, hulton, amerikaner, deutch, deutsche, doetsch, englisch, germanic, teutonic, teuton, alemannic, high german, low german, standard german, plattdeutsch

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Deutsch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/deutsch

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"Deutsch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/deutsch.

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@misc{deutsch_2026,
  title = {Deutsch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deutsch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}