Borrowed from Old Saxon thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of or relating to a people”), cognate with German deutsch, Dutch Duits, and English Dutch.
The Old Icelandic form þýðverskr is remodelled from þýzkr after the old suffix for ethnonyms -verr (from Proto-Germanic *warjaz), compare also Icelandic Þjóðverji (“a German”). The adjective is derived form the noun Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people, nation”), whence Old Norse þjóð and Danish tjod. Originally, the adjective was not an ethnonym, but designated the vernacular language in opposition to Latin. This is the meaning of theodiscus in eighth-century Latin texts.
tysk (plural and definite singular attributive tyske)
tysk n (definite (rare) tysken)
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”).
tysk (neuter singular tysk, definite singular and plural tyske)
tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)
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”).
tysk (neuter singular tysk, definite singular and plural tyske)
tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)
From Old Swedish thysker, þȳdisker, thȳdzkir, þȳþisker, thȳdisker, (Old Norse þýðverskr), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).
tysk (not comparable)
Inflection of tysk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | tysk | — | — |
Neuter singular | tyskt | — | — |
Plural | tyska | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | tyske | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tyske | — | — |
All | tyska | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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