German word meaning 'also' or 'too,' commonly used in English contexts when referencing German language or culture.
From Middle High German 'ouch' and Old High German 'ouh,' related to Old English 'eac' (meaning 'also'). All derive from Proto-Germanic '*auk,' showing the ancient shared vocabulary of Germanic languages.
The German 'auch' is etymologically cousins with English 'eke' (as in 'eke out') - both come from the same ancient Germanic root meaning 'to increase' or 'add to.' It's a perfect example of how modern languages preserve fragments of their common ancestry in everyday words.
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