Dösch

See also: Dosch

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• dösj (Veldeke spelling)
• Döösch, Desch, Deesch, Düsch

Etymology

From earlier Desch, with regular rounding of -e- before -sch (compare Vösch (“fish”)), from Proto-West Germanic *disk, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdøʃ/
• Rhymes: -øʃ

Noun

Dösch m (plural Dösche, diminutive Döschke) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

1. table (a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level); specific uses include:
   1. dinner table, dining table

      Synonyms: Äätdösch, Tofel

   2. workbench

      Synonym: Werkdösch

   3. table board, tabletop

      Synonym: Tofel

   4. (uncommon) desk