The gutturalphoneme (the voicelessvelarfricative) of the German language, the sound of the letters ch in German coming immediately after a, o and u (central and back vowels), also found in other languages.
Origin
German Ach-Laut, ach-Laut, from ach (which has this sound) + Laut.
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