tysk
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
- tydsk (obsolete)
- ty. (abbreviation)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
tysk (plural and definite singular attributive tyske)
- German (relating to the country, people or language of Germany)
Hyponyms edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
tysk n (definite (rare) tysken)
- German (the language)
Further reading edit
Tysk (sprog) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
tysk (neuter singular tysk, definite singular and plural tyske)
- German (relating to Germany and the German people)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)
- German (the German language)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tysk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
tysk (neuter singular tysk, definite singular and plural tyske)
- German (relating to Germany and the German people)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)
- German (the German language)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tysk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
tysk (comparative tyskare, superlative tyskast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of tysk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tysk | tyskare | tyskast |
| Neuter singular | tyskt | tyskare | tyskast |
| Plural | tyska | tyskare | tyskast |
| Masculine plural3 | tyske | tyskare | tyskast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tyske | tyskare | tyskaste |
| All | tyska | tyskare | tyskaste |
| 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 edit
tysk c
- German (a person (chiefly male) from Germany)
Declension edit
| Declension of tysk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tysk | tysken | tyskar | tyskarna |
| Genitive | tysks | tyskens | tyskars | tyskarnas |