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tysk
tysk
Danish
Alternative forms
- tydsk (obsolete)
Adjective
tysk
- German (relating to the country of Germany or the German language)
Inflection
| Inflection of tysk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | tysk | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | tysk | — | —2 |
| Plural | tyske | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | tyske | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Related terms
Proper noun
tysk
- German language
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)
- German (relating to Germany and the German people)
Noun
tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)
- German (the German language)
Related terms
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)
- German (relating to Germany and the German people)
Noun
tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)
- German (the German language)
Related terms
References
- “tysk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish thysker, þȳdisker, from Old Norse þýðiskr, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
| Inflection of tysk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tysk | mer tysk | mest tysk |
| Neuter singular | tyskt | mer tyskt | mest tyskt |
| Plural | tyska | mer tyska | mest tyska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tyske | mer tyske | mest tyske |
| All | tyska | mer tyska | mest tyska |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||
Noun
tysk c
- German; person (chiefly male) from Germany
Declension
| Inflection of tysk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tysk | tysken | tyskar | tyskarna |
| Genitive | tysks | tyskens | tyskars | tyskarnas |