# ich-laut

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪçlaʊ̯t/

## Definitions
1. the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)

## Etymology
From German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ich-laut