# Dach
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdax]

### Proper noun

Dach m anim (female equivalent Dachová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Dach”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

## German
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with German Low German Dack, Yiddish דאַך (dakh), Dutch dak, Afrikaans dak, English thack, thatch, Danish tag, Norwegian Bokmål tak, Norwegian Nynorsk tak, Swedish tak, Polish dach, Belarusian дах (dax), Ukrainian дах (dax). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dax/, [däχ]
* Rhymes: -ax
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* Homophone: DACH

### Noun

Dach n (strong, genitive Daches or Dachs, plural Dächer, diminutive Dächlein n or Dächelchen n)
* roof
* (informal) circumflex
    Synonym: Zirkumflex
* (colloquial) head, especially the scalp
    Du kriegst gleich etwas aufs Dach!You'll get something (usu. a smack) on the head!
* (geology) a rock layer above a seam

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Hyponyms

* Abdach
* Autodach
* Blätterdach
* Blechdach
* Bleidach
* Bogendach
* Flachdach
* Garagendach
* Giebeldach
* Hausdach
* Helmdach
* Kegeldach
* Mansardendach
* Notdach
* Pultdach
* Reetdach
* Satteldach
* Schieferdach
* Schindeldach
* Schmetterlingsdach
* Schrägdach
* Spitzdach
* Strohdach
* Tonnendach
* Vordach
* Walmdach
* Ziegeldach
* Zwiebeldach

#### Derived terms

* bedachen
* dachartig
* Dächel
* dachförmig
* Dächlein
* dachlos
* Obdach

#### Related terms

* Dachdecker
* Dachfenster
* Dachgaube
* Dachgeschoss
* Dachgeschoß
* Dachgesims
* Dachgestühl
* Dachhase
* Dachhelm
* Dachrinne
* Dachstuhl
* Dachverband
* abdachen
* aufs Dach bekommen
* aufs Dach kriegen
* überdachen

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: дах (dax)
* → Polish: dach
* → Ukrainian: дах (dax)

### Proper noun

Dach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Dachs or (with an article) Dach, feminine genitive Dach, plural Dachs)
* a surname

### Further reading

* “Dach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Dach” in Duden online
* “Dach” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Dach”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
* Dach on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tax/

### Noun

Dach m (plural Decher, diminutive Dechelche)
* roof
    De Dach is foll Reif.The roof is full of frost.

### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Dach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 31

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

Dach n (plural Decher)
* roof

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

Inherited from German Low German Dag, from Middle Low German dach, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
Cognate with German Tag and English day, among many others. Unrelated to Dak (“roof”) or Dakj (“blanket, cover”), see above.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

Dach m (plural Doag)
* day

#### Coordinate terms

* Sinnowent (“Saturday”)
* Wäakj (“week”)
* Moonat (“month”)
* Joa (“year”)

#### Derived terms

* Dachoabeit
* Dinjsdach
* Donnadach
* Fastdach
* Friedach
* Joaresdach
* Mondach
* Sindach

#### Related terms

* dach (“bright”)
* dache