Danzig

English

Etymology

From German Danzig. Doublet of Gdańsk.

Proper noun

Danzig

1. Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany).
   • 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 318:

     Early on that Friday morning (September 1) it was announced by the Nazi Government of the Free City of Danzig that the territory desired incorporation in the German Reich, and almost immediately afterwards the German Chancellor accepted such inclusion forthwith.

2. Free City of Danzig
3. A surname.

Translations

the former name of Gdańsk — see also Gdańsk

• Arabic: دانزيغ m (danzigh)
• Armenian: Դանցիգ (hy) (Dancʻig)
• Azerbaijani: Dansiq
• Belarusian: Данцыг (Dancyh)
• Bulgarian: Данциг (Dancig)
• Catalan: Danzig
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 但澤／但泽 (daan⁶ zaak⁶)

  Mandarin: 但澤／但泽 (zh) (Dànzé)

• Danish: Danzig
• Dutch: Danzig
• East Central German: Danzich n (Silesian)
• Esperanto: Dancigo
• Estonian: Danzig (et)
• Finnish: Danzig (fi)
• French: Dantzig (fr) m, Dantzick (fr) m
• Georgian: დანციგი (dancigi)
• German: Danzig (de) n
• Greek: Ντάντσιχ (Ntántsich)
• Hebrew: דנציג (dantsig)
• Hungarian: Dancka
• Italian: Danzica
• Japanese: ダンツィヒ (Dantsihi)
• Korean: 단치히 (danchihi)
• Latin: Dantiscum
• Latvian: Danciga
• Lithuanian: Dancigas
• Low German:

  German Low German: Danzig n

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Danzig n

  Nynorsk: Danzig n

• Persian: دانتسیش (dantsash)
• Portuguese: Danzig, Danzigue
• Romanian: Danzig
• Russian: Данциг (ru) (Dancig)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Данциг m

  Roman: Danzig m

• Sindhi: ڊانزيگ
• Spanish: Danzig (es)
• Swedish: Danzig (sv) n
• Thai: ดันท์ซิช (dan-sít)
• Turkish: Dansık (tr), Danzig
• Ukrainian: Данциг (Dancyh)
• Vietnamese: Danzig

Anagrams

• adzing, dazing

German

Alternative forms

• Dantzig (already used in Early New High German, obsolete)

Etymology

Cp. Danzke (at least 15th century), Dantzke (at least 16th century). Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Gdańsk. For the -zig suffix, compare Leipzig (< Lipsk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdantsɪç/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdantsɪk/

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Proper noun

Danzig n (proper noun, genitive Danzigs or (optionally with an article) Danzig)

1. Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

   Synonym: Dantzke (Early New High German)

Derived terms

• Danziger

Proper noun

Danzig m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Danzigs or (with an article) Danzig, feminine genitive Danzig, plural Danzigs)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Danzig” in Duden online

Portuguese

Proper noun

Danzig f

1. Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

   Synonym: Gdansk