Stich
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Stich¹
- /stɪt͡ʃ/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Stich.
proper noun
- A surname from German. In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!
stich²
- /stɪk/
Sounds like stick · Rhymes with -ɪk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row, verse”). Akin to στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”).
noun stichs
- A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of Scripture.
- A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the Hebrew Bible and in early Germanic heroic verse such as Beowulf, where the line is composed of two (occasionally three) such parts.
- A row, line, or rank of trees.
