-'sch

See also: SCH, -sch, sch., and Sch.

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃ/, [ʃ]

Etymology

Contraction of -isch

Suffix

-'sch

  1. A suffix attached to names to produce eponymous adjectives: -ean, -ian, 's
    die Allen’sche Regel ― Allen’s rule
    in der Luther’schen Bibelübersetzung ― in Luther’s translation of the Bible

Usage notes
  • Words in -'sch inflect like adjectives.
  • When the apostrophe is used, the name generally remains capitalised. With the alternative spelling -sch it may sometimes be lowercased. See there.

Derived terms
  • Allen'sche Regel
  • Goethe'sch, Göthe'sch
  • Grimm'sch
  • Hitler'sch
  • Hobbes'sch
  • Locke'sch
  • Luther'sch
  • Mozart'sch
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