From Old Norse þýðverskr, þýzkr, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of or relating to a people”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).
týskur (comparative týskari, superlative týskastur)
| týskur a24 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | týskur | týsk | týskt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | týskan | týska | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | týskum | týskari | týskum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (týsks) | (týskar/ týskrar) |
(týsks) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | týskir | týskar | týsk |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | týskar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | týskum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (týska/ týskra) | ||
| Weak adjectival inflection of týskur | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | týski | týska | týska |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | týska | týsku | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | |||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | |||
| Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | týsku | ||
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | |||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | |||