Scheich

German

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْخ‎ (šayḵ, “elder”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪ̯ç

Noun

Scheich m (genitive Scheiches or Scheichs, plural Scheichs or Scheiche)

sheik

Declension

Declension of Scheich

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Scheich	die	Scheiche
genitive	eines	des	Scheiches, Scheichs	der	Scheiche
dative	einem	dem	Scheich, Scheiche¹	den	Scheichen
accusative	einen	den	Scheich	die	Scheiche

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Scheich in Duden online

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