Zeug
See also: zeug
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Zeug (plural Zeugs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Zeug is the 80419th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 236 individuals. Zeug is most common among White (93.64%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zeug”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Zeugs (chiefly informal and pejorative)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ziuc (“stuff, gear”), from Old High German giziug, from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą. Compare Dutch tuig (“tool, gear”), Old Norse tygi (“gear”). More at toy.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /t͡sɔʏ̯k/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /t͡sɔʏ̯ç/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
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Noun edit
Zeug n (strong, genitive Zeuges or Zeugs, plural Zeuge)
- stuff, gear, equipment
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Zeug
- Coordinate terms: Ding, Gegenstand, Sache
- material
- Synonym: Material
- fabric, clothing, clothes
- Synonym: Stoff
- rubbish, anything bad or harmful
Usage notes edit
- The plural Zeuge is quite rare since Zeug is normally an uncountable word. Some compounds, however, are countable (e.g. Fahrzeug) or may be countable depending on the context (e.g. Werkzeug). An alternate obsolete plural is Zeuger.
- Until the 19th century, Zeug was often treated as masculine by southern writers, except in the sense “fabric”, where the masculine was very rare. This usage is now obsolete and Zeug is exclusively neuter in contemporary German.
Declension edit
Declension of Zeug [neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Czech: cajk