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Englisch

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Englisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Englisch or Englischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Englische, alternative genitive Englischen, no plural)

  1. English (language)
    • 2011 November, “Spracherfindung und ihre Ziele”, in GIL[1], archived from the original on 27 June 2021, page 51:
      Diskussionen zum Toki Pona im Internet werden gewöhnlich auf Englisch oder auf Esperanto geführt, wenn schon nicht in der Sprache selbst geschrieben wird.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Noun

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Englisch n (strong, genitive Englischs, no plural)

  1. (soccer, dialectal, parts of western Germany) A children’s game for three or more participants played with one goal. Players try to reduce the goalkeeper’s points by scoring volley goals. Missing the goal makes the respective player the goalkeeper. The first player to forfeit all their points is the loser.
    Synonyms: Hochball, Hoch-rein

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English Englisc; equivalent to Engle +‎ -isch.

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Englisch

  1. of England; from England
  2. of the (Middle) English language

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  • English: English
  • Scots: Inglis

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Englisch

  1. The English people
  2. The (Middle) English language

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