tysk

Danish

Alternative forms

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): /tysk/, [tˢysɡ̊]
  • audio(file)

Adjective

tysk

  1. 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.

Hyponyms

Proper noun

tysk

  1. German language

Further reading

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)

  1. German (relating to Germany and the German people)

Derived terms

Noun

tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)

  1. German (the German language)

Derived terms

References

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)

  1. German (relating to Germany and the German people)

Derived terms

Noun

tysk m (definite singular tysken, uncountable)

  1. German (the German language)

Derived terms

References

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
  • audio(file)

Adjective

tysk (comparative tyskare, superlative tyskast)

  1. German; of or pertaining to Germany

Declension
Inflection of tysk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tysk tyskare tyskast
Neuter singular tyskt tyskare tyskast
Plural tyska 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.

Noun

tysk c

  1. German; person (chiefly male) from Germany

Declension
Declension of tysk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tysk tysken tyskar tyskarna
Genitive tysks tyskens tyskars tyskarnas

Derived terms
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