tysk

Danish

Alternative forms

• tydsk (obsolete)
• ty. (abbreviation)

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/, [ˈtˢysɡ̊]

• Audio:

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Adjective

tysk (plural and definite singular attributive tyske)

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

Hyponyms

• fællestysk
• højtysk
• nedertysk
• nordtysk
• plattysk
• schweizertysk
• sydtysk
• vesttysk
• ærketysk
• østtysk

 

Related terms

• Tyskland
• tysker

Noun

tysk n (definite (rare) tysken)

1. German (the language)

Further reading

• Tysk (sprog) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• IPA^(key): /tʏsk/
• Rhymes: -ʏsk

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• Tyskebukta

Noun

tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)

1. German (the German language)

Derived terms

• høytysk
• nedertysk
• plattysk
• tyskspråklig

 

Related terms

• tysker
• Tyskland

References

• “tysk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

• Tyskebukta

Noun

tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)

1. German (the German language)

Derived terms

• nedertysk
• plattysk

Related terms

• tyskar
• Tyskland

References

• “tysk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

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

• IPA^(key): /tʏsk/, [t̪ʰʏs̪ːk]

• Audio:

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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 ["[a] German" – see vara for why there is no article]

Declension

Declension of tysk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tysk	tysks
	definite	tysken	tyskens
plural	indefinite	tyskar	tyskars
	definite	tyskarna	tyskarnas

Related terms

• tyska

See also

• Tyskland (“Germany”)

References

• tysk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tysk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tysk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• skyt