þýska
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Icelandic
Alternative forms
- þýzka (older spelling)
Etymology
From Old Norse þýzkr, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
þýska f (genitive singular þýsku, no plural)
- German (language)
- Synonyms: nútímaleg þýska, háþýska, nútímaleg háþýska
- Þú hefur nú þegar búið í Þýskalandi í sjö ár, hvaða ástæðu gætirðu enn haft til að læra ekki þýsku!?
- You've been living in Germany for seven years now, what reason could you still have not to learn German!?
- German (language class); a class which teaches the Standard German language, usually in a high school or collegiate setting.
- Synonym: háþýska (far less common)
- Við getum ekki verið fjarverandi í þýsku í fimmta sinn í þessari viku!
- We can't be late to German for a fifth time this week!