Masculine

Pferch

a small, fenced-in plot of land, usually for livestock; a pen; a fold

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Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

färech

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/pfɛrç/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German pferrich, from Old High German pherrich (“fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *parrik (“fence, enclosure”). Akin to Old English pearruc (“enclosure, paddock, fence”), Old Norse parrak (“enclosure, pond”), Old French parc. German Park is a doublet. See English park and paddock for more.

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