tysk

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Danish

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tysk/,
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Adjective

tysk (plural and definite singular attributive tyske)

  1. German (relating to the country, people or language of Germany)

Hyponyms

Noun

tysk n (definite (rare) tysken)

  1. German (the language)

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tysk (neuter singular tysk, definite singular and plural tyske)

  1. German (relating to Germany and the German people)

Derived terms

Noun

tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)

  1. German (the German language)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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).

Adjective

tysk (neuter singular tysk, definite singular and plural tyske)

  1. German (relating to Germany and the German people)

Derived terms

Noun

tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)

  1. German (the German language)

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish thysker, þȳdisker, thȳdzkir, þȳþisker, thȳdisker, (Old Norse þýðverskr), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (folk), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (people).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tysk (not comparable)

  1. German (of or pertaining to Germany, Germans, or the German language)

Declension

Inflection of tysk
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

Noun

tysk c

  1. a German (person from Germany)
    Jag är tysk
    I am German German" – see vara for why there is no article]

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