Teich

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) pond (natural or man-made)
2. (abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,ellipsis,masculine,strong) Ellipsis of großer Teich (“Atlantic Ocean”).

Concepts

pond

pool

hamlet

ponds

see

fountain

miniature lake

pool of water

puddle

lake

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taɪ̯ç/

Etymology

From Middle High German tīch, from Old High German *tīh, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-. Doublet of Deich, which is the same word from a West Central German source. Cognate with Yiddish טײַך (taykh), Dutch dijk, English ditch, Icelandic díki.