Gdańsk

See also: Gdansk and Gdaňsk

English

Alternative forms

• Gdansk

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk. Doublet of Danzig.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/, /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/

Proper noun

Gdańsk

1. A city on the north coast of Poland.

Synonyms

• (city in Poland): Danzig

Translations

city of Poland

• Albanian: Dancigu
• Arabic: غْدَانْسْك f (ḡdānsk)
• Armenian: Գդանսկ (hy) (Gdansk)
• Azerbaijani: Qdansk
• Belarusian: Гданьск m (Hdanʹsk)
• Bulgarian: Гданск m (Gdansk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格但斯克 (zh) (Gédànsīkè)

• Czech: Gdaňsk (cs) m
• Danish: Gdansk, Danzig (pre-1945 period)
• Dutch: Gdańsk n
• East Central German: Danzich n (Silesian)
• Esperanto: Dancigo
• Farefare: Dantsi
• Finnish: Gdansk
• French: Gdańsk (fr) m, Dantzig (fr) m, Dantzick (fr) m
• Georgian: გდანსკი (gdansḳi)
• German: Danzig (de) n, Gdańsk (de) n
• Greek: Γκντανσκ (el) n (Gkntansk), Ντάντσιχ n (Ntántsich) (former name)
• Hebrew: גדנסק f
• Hungarian: Gdańsk (hu), Dancka (former name)
• Italian: Danzica f
• Japanese: グダニスク (Gudanisuku)
• Kashubian: Gduńsk (csb) m
• Korean: 그단스크 (ko) (Geudanseukeu)
• Latin: Gedanum n, Gedania f, Dantiscum n
• Latvian: Gdaņska
• Lithuanian: Gdanskas
• Low German:

  German Low German: Danzig n

• Macedonian: Гдањск m (Gdanjsk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gdańsk n

  Nynorsk: Gdańsk n

• Persian: گدانسک (gedânsk)
• Polish: Gdańsk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gdansk f, Danzig f (formerly), Danzigue f
• Romanian: Gdańsk n, Gdansk n
• Russian: Гданьск (ru) m (Gdanʹsk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гдањск m

  Roman: Gdanjsk m

• Sindhi: گڊانسڪ
• Slovak: Gdansk m
• Slovene: Gdansk m inan
• Spanish: Gdansk (es) m, Danzig (es) (formerly)
• Swedish: Gdańsk (sv) n, Danzig (sv) n
• Thai: กดัญสก์ (gà-dan-sa)
• Turkish: Gdańsk
• Ukrainian: Гданськ (uk) m (Hdansʹk)
• Vietnamese: Gdańsk
• Yiddish: דאַנץ (dants)

Polish

Gdańsk

Etymology

Disputed. Per Vasmer, derived from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gutans, “Goths”). Eckblom rejects this, and many various etymologists suggest a native Proto-Slavic stem of *gъd- (“wet, damp”) and point to place names such as Gdynia and Gdecz (modern Giecz) as further reflexes of that stem. Others still suggest a Proto-Baltic stem of *gud-, with Baltic reflexes including Old Prussian gudde (“forest”), gudas (“Belarusian: person speaking a foreign language”) or Lithuanian gudkarklis (“damp pasture”), gudobelė (“hawthorn”). Many etymologists support the Proto-Baltic origin, with an original stem of *Gud- + *-an + *-isk ("place of the forest people").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡdaɲsk/

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• Rhymes: -aɲsk
• Syllabification: Gdańsk

Proper noun

Gdańsk m inan (related adjective gdański)

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

   Hypernym: Trójmiasto

Declension

Declension of Gdańsk

	singular
nominative	Gdańsk
genitive	Gdańska
dative	Gdańskowi
accusative	Gdańsk
instrumental	Gdańskiem
locative	Gdańsku
vocative	Gdańsku

Derived terms

nouns

• gdańszczanin
• gdańszczanka

 

Further reading

• Gdańsk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gdańsk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Gdańsk in PWN's encyclopedia