-isch

Meaning

-ic, -ian

Concepts

-ish

-ic

-ian

Synonyms

-s

Pronounced as (IPA)

/is/

Etymology

Borrowed from German -isch. The native Dutch cognates are -s, earlier -sch. The pronunciation /is/ is due to an earlier pronunciation standard, by which all German vowels were to be tense. (The contemporary German standard pronunciation is /ɪʃ/.) More at -ish.