Dorsch

German

Dorsch

Etymology

From Middle High German dorsch, borrowed from Middle Low German dorsch, itself from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔrʃ/, [dɔʁʃ], [dɔɐ̯ʃ], [dɔːʃ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Dorsch m (strong, genitive Dorsches or Dorschs, plural Dorsche)

1. cod (marine fish of the family Gadidae)

Declension

Declension of Dorsch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dorsch	die	Dorsche
genitive	eines	des	Dorsches, Dorschs	der	Dorsche
dative	einem	dem	Dorsch, Dorsche1	den	Dorschen
accusative	einen	den	Dorsch	die	Dorsche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Kabeljau m (“Atlantic cod”)

Derived terms

• Franzosendorsch
• Gabeldorsch
• Polardorsch
• Silberdorsch
• Zwergdorsch

Descendants

• → Polish: dorsz

Further reading

• “Dorsch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Dorsch” in Duden online
• “Dorsch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.