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Wäsche.

wash, washing, laundry (the act of cleaning with water; an instance thereof)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɛʃə/
  1. wash, washing, laundry (the act of cleaning with water; an instance thereof)

    feminine
    Nach der Wäsche muss ich meine Hemden bügeln.
  2. laundry (clothes that have been or are to be washed)

    feminine
    Kannst du die Wäsche aus der Maschine holen?
  3. clothes, especially underwear

    broadly · feminine
    Wenn du so viel Bücher einpackst, bleibt gar kein Platz mehr für deine Wäsche.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German wesche, from Old High German wesca, from Proto-West Germanic *waski ~ *waskiju (not attested outside High German). Cognate with Luxembourgish Wäsch, Vilamovian weś, etc. With a different stem formation compare Dutch was, Old High German wasca. By surface analysis, waschen (“to wash”) + -e.

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