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.

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)

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)

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

Inflection of tysk
Indefinite 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 the predicative.
  1. German; of or pertaining to Germany

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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