Ich
Example: Ich gehe heute Abend ins Kino mit meinen Freunden.
Definition
"Ich" is the German first-person singular pronoun used to refer to oneself as the subject of a sentence. It corresponds to the English pronoun "I" and is used when the speaker is talking about their own actions or experiences, as in "Ich gehe heute Abend ins Kino mit meinen Freunden."
Etymology
The word "ich" originates from Old High German "ih" or "ihh," which in turn comes from the Proto-Germanic pronoun *ek. This pronoun traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *éǵh₂, meaning "I." Did you know that many Germanic languages have similar forms for the first-person singular pronoun, showing their common ancestry?
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"Ich" appears in the Vocaplus list "German - General - (A1) - set 1", containing 110 commonly used words.
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