sich
/siːt͡ʃ/noun, adjective, pronoun
sich is spelled S-I-C-H: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sich means “An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sich is sichs or siches.
How many letters and syllables are in sich?
| Letters | 4: S-I-C-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sich?
Sich appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sich?
- /siːt͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sich.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sich
- sichs plural
- siches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sich mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
adjective
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of such.
pronoun
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of such.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sich in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense administrative and military centre for Cossacks:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sitch, sietch, setch |
| German | Sitsch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sich come from?
Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ (Sič), from Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).