hach

Natural exclamation, similar to ach.

• IPA^(key): /ha(ː)x/

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hach

1. expresses musing or nostalgia

   Hach, das waren noch Zeiten...

   Ah, those were the days...

2. signals the end of a conservation, typically when nobody has spoken for a short while

   Hach ja, ich werd dann mal abwaschen.

   Oh well, I think I’ll go do the dishes then.

• In both senses, but especially in the second one, the word is often followed by ja.

• “hach” in Duden online

Borrowed from Turkish haç (“cross”), ultimately from Armenian խաչ (xačʻ, “cross”).

hach m (Latin spelling)

1. (Christianity) cross

hach

1. Alternative form of hacche

• hāg

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

hāch

1. high
2. tall

• North Frisian: huuch (Föhr-Amrum)
• Saterland Frisian: hoog
• West Frisian: heech

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

hach m (plural #)

1. hajj

• IPA^(key): /haːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ

hach

1. h-prothesized form of ach