welsch
Romance-speaking (archaic); foreign (often French or Italian)
English translations
- 01
Welsh
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine alte Bezeichnung für romanische Sprachen oder Völker; fremdländisch, besonders französisch oder italienisch.
- English meaning
- Romance, foreign None
- German example
- Das ist eine welsche Sitte.
- English example
- That is a foreign custom.
- Comparative
- welscherSuperlative: am welschesten
Related words
- Welschkorn
Welschkorn is an older term for corn (maize).
- Kauderwelsch
Gibberish, Jargon
- kauderwelschen
To jabber, to speak gibberish
- rotwelsch
Cant, argot
- kauderwelsch
Gibberish
- Küchenlatein
Dog Latin
- Galimathias
Gibberish
- Gallimathias
Gibberish
Example sentences with “welsch”
Das ist mir alles Welsch. (That is all Greek to me / That is all gibberish to me.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'welsch' still used in modern German?
It is largely archaic or regional (e.g., in Switzerland referring to French-speaking areas). In standard German, it mainly appears in the idiom 'Das kommt mir spanisch vor' or 'Das ist mir alles Welsch'.