Zug

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See also: zug and zúg

English

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canton of Zug

Etymology

From German Zug.

Proper noun

Zug

  1. A canton of Switzerland.
    Synonym: canton of Zug
  2. The capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland.

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡suːk/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /t͡sʊx/, /t͡suːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
  • Rhymes: -uːk, -ʊx

Etymology 1

From Middle High German zuc, zug, from Old High German zug, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi, from Proto-Germanic *tugiz, an abstract noun belonging to Proto-Germanic *teuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”).

Cognate with Dutch teug, Hunsrik Zugh, English tug, Old English tyġe. Compare to German ziehen (“to pull, to draw”).

Noun

Zug m (strong, genitive Zuges or Zugs, plural Züge)

  1. train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails)
    Synonyms: Bahn, Eisenbahn
  2. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction)
  3. draught (of air)
    Synonym: Luftzug
  4. traction
  5. course
  6. (from a cigarette, etc.) drag, draught
  7. (from a drink) draught, gulp
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:
      Ein frisch gefülltes Glas Champagner stand vor ihm. Er trank es in einem Zug aus – mit Lust, fast mit Begier.
      A freshly filled glass of champagne was in front of him. He emptied it in one draught – with pleasure, almost with greed.
  8. stroke
  9. feature, trait
    Synonyms: Wesenszug, Eigenart, Eigenschaft
  10. (military) platoon
    Synonyms: Schützenzug, Peloton
  11. (turn based games) move, play
    Synonym: Spielzug
Declension
Declension of Zug
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zug die Züge
genitive eines des Zuges, Zugs der Züge
dative einem dem Zug, Zuge1 den Zügen
accusative einen den Zug die Züge

1Now rare, see notes.

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Descendants
  • → Czech: cuk
  • → Hungarian: cúg
  • → Kashubian: cuch
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: tog
  • → Polish: cug

Etymology 2

 Kanton Zug on German Wikipedia
 Zug (Stadt) on German Wikipedia
Kanton Zug

Originally a use of Etymology 1 above, referring to the pulling up of fish with nets.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Zug n (proper noun, genitive Zugs or (optionally with an article) Zug)

  2. Zug (a canton of Switzerland)
    Synonym: Kanton Zug
  3. Zug (the capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland)
Declension
Declension of Zug
singular
def. noun
nominative das Zug
genitive des Zugs, Zug1
dative dem Zug
accusative das Zug

1Optionally with an article.

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zug”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Zug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Zug” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Zug” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Zug on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Zug”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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