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such¹
- /sʌt͡ʃ/
- /sɪt͡ʃ/ archaic, dialectal
- /sɛt͡ʃ/ archaic, dialectal
- /sʊt͡ʃ/ archaic, dialectal
Rhymes with -ʌtʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *swalīk, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so + like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), Saterland Frisian suk (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Low German sülk, sulk, suk (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.
determiner sich · sech · soch · soche
- Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context. I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.
- Any. the above address or at such other address as may be provided
- Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather. Unfortunately, it wasn't such a good holiday as we thought it would be.
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Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.
Such hypocrisy!
Similar: what
- A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. In rushed one and tells him such a knight / Is new arrived.
pronoun sich · sech · soch · soche
- A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned. Such is life, such as it is.
noun suches · sich · sech · soch · soche
- Something being indicated that is similar to something else. But granted that Plato does not accept the this-such distinction, why saddle him with the view that all things are thises, rather than all suches or perhaps even neither?
Such²
proper noun Suchs · Suches
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: specified, much, so much, such as, such that, analogous, same, similar, comparable, nature, example, the, corresponding, relevant, etc, specific
Translations
Every language
det used as an intensifier
| Español | tan, qué |
|---|---|
| Français | tellement |
| Deutsch | solch, so ein |
| Română | așa |
| Русский | тако́й takój |
det used to make a comparison with something implied by context
| Español | así, tal, semejante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 그런 geureon |
| 日本語 | そのような sono yō na, そんな sonna, このような kono yō na, こんな konna |
| 中文 | 這樣的 /这样的 zhèyàng de, 此類的 /此类的 cǐlèi de |
| हिन्दी | ऐसा aisā |
| Português | tal, assim |
| Français | tel |
| Deutsch | solch, derartig, so ein |
| Italiano | tale |
| Română | așa, astfel |
| Русский | тако́й takój, тако́в takóv, э́такий étakij |
| Tiếng Việt | như thế |
| العربية | مِثْل miṯl, هَكَذَا hakaḏā |
det used in official documents: any
| Deutsch | ein |
|---|
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@misc{such_2026,
title = {such},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/such},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
