noch

See also: nöch

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch noch, from Old Dutch noh (“until now, still”), from Proto-Germanic *nuh (“still”, literally “now too”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”) + *-kʷe (“and, also”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔx/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: noch
• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Homophone: nog

Conjunction

noch...noch

1. neither...nor

   Als een ei te gaar gekookt wordt, verschijnt er soms een groenachtige ring rond de eidooier. Dit is het resultaat van ijzer- en zwavelsamenstellingen in het ei. Het kan ook vóórkomen wanneer er veel ijzer in het kokende water zit. De groene ring beïnvloedt noch smaak noch de samenstelling.

   If an egg is cooked too well, there sometimes appears a greenish ring around the egg yolk. This is the result of compositions of iron and sulfur in the egg. It can also occur whenever there is much iron in the cooking water. The green ring influences neither the taste nor the composition.

Conjunction

noch

1. nor

   Officieel heeft de Europese Unie echter geen hoofdstad, noch de intentie er een vast te leggen.

   Officially, however, the European Union has no capital, nor the intention to declare one.

Derived terms

• kant noch wal raken
• van toeten noch blazen weten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nog
• Negerhollands: noch, nochal

German

Etymology

From Middle High German noch, nog, from Old High German noh, from Proto-West Germanic *noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, from Proto-Indo-European *nū-kʷe-. Cognate to Dutch nog and noch (which are etymologically the same word).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔx/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /nɔ/, /no/ (chiefly southern Germany and Austria; also in the northern half in some positions, e.g. before nicht)

• Audio (Austria):

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Adverb

noch

1. still, yet (up to and including a given time)

   Du magst mich noch.

   You still like me.

   Ich bin noch nicht fertig.

   I’m not ready yet.

2. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)

   Er wird noch kommen.

   He will come eventually.

   Das brauche ich später noch.

   I'll need that sometime.

3. additionally, in addition, besides, else; more often expressed in English with another, more

   Da ist noch einer.

   There’s another one.

   Da sind noch welche.

   There are some more.

   Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto.

   I have some more chocolate in the car.

   Weißt du noch was?

   Can you think of anything else?

4. (with comparative) even

   Deins ist noch schöner!

   Yours is even prettier!

5. (added to certain parting phrases)

   Einen schönen Abend noch.

   (Have a) nice evening.

6. again (following a question)

   Wie war noch sein Name?

   What was his name again?

Derived terms

• annoch
• dennoch
• gerade noch
• immer noch
• noch einmal
• nöcher

 

Conjunction

...noch

1. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true

   Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. ― I like neither him nor you.

   Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen.

   He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it.

See also

• eben

Further reading

• “noch (Adverb)” in Duden online
• “noch (Konjunktion)” in Duden online
• “noch (Partikel)” in Duden online
• “noch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nox/

Adverb

noch

1. still, yet
2. else

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch noh (“until now, still”), from Proto-Germanic *nuh (“still”, literally “now too”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”) + *-kʷe- (“and, also”).

Adverb

noch

1. still, as before
2. later, after all
3. yet again
4. additionally
5. (with a comparative) even, yet

Descendants

• Dutch: nog
• Limburgish: nag

Conjunction

noch

1. neither, nor

Alternative forms

• nō

Descendants

• Dutch: noch
• Limburgish: nóch

Further reading

• “noch (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “noch (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “noch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “noch (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nu-kʷe (“and now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu-kʷe, equivalent to no- + -ch-. Cognate with Old High German noh (from Proto-Germanic *nuh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nox]

Conjunction

noch

1. but, however, and yet

Derived terms

• noch is

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin noctem, accusative of nox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔtʃ/

Noun

noch f (oblique plural nochs, nominative singular noch, nominative plural nochs)

1. night

Descendants

• Occitan: nuèch

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnot͡ʃ/

Noun

noch f (plural noches)

1. Apocopic form of noche (“night”)
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v:

     veno el angel del cr̃ador de noch ⁊ dixo alabã. Gvardate de aquel om̃e nol fagas mal.

     [But] the angel of the Creator came to Laban at night and said to him, “Beware of that man and do him no harm.”

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

Compare German noch, Dutch nog.

Adverb

noch

1. yet
2. still

Etymology 2

From Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Compare German nach, Dutch na.

Preposition

noch

1. to, towards
2. after

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian noch, from Proto-West Germanic *noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh. Cognates include West Frisian noch and German noch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔx/
• Hyphenation: noch
• Rhymes: -ɔx

Adverb

noch

1. still, yet
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde, →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:20:

     Wilst hie noch deeruur ättertoachte, ferskeen him n Ängel fon dän Here in n Droom un kwaad: Josef, Súun fon David, freze die nit, Maria as dien Wieuw bie die aptouníemen;

     While he was still thinking about it, came to him an angel from the Lord in a dream and said: Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Maria as your wife;

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “noch”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian noch, from Proto-West Germanic *noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔx/

Adverb

noch

1. still

Further reading

• “noch (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011