Zug
See also: zug and zúg
English
canton of Zug
Etymology
From German Zug.
Proper noun
Zug
- A canton of Switzerland.
- Synonym: canton of Zug
- The capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland.
Translations
canton
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town
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Anagrams
- guz
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡suːk/ (standard)
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- IPA(key): /t͡sʊx/, /t͡suːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
- Rhymes: -uːk, -ʊx
Etymology 1
From Middle High German zuc, zug, from Old High German zug, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi, from Proto-Germanic *tugiz, an abstract noun belonging to Proto-Germanic *teuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”).[1]
Cognate with Dutch teug, Hunsrik Zugh, English tug, Old English tyge. Compare to German ziehen (“to pull, to draw”).
Noun
Zug m (strong, genitive Zuges or Zugs, plural Züge)
- train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails)
- Synonyms: Bahn, Eisenbahn
- pull (force that pulls in a specific direction)
- draught (of air)
- Synonym: Luftzug
- traction
- course
- (from a cigarette, etc.) drag, draught
- (from a drink) draught, gulp
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:
- Ein frisch gefülltes Glas Champagner stand vor ihm. Er trank es in einem Zug aus – mit Lust, fast mit Begier.
- A freshly filled glass of champagne was in front of him. He emptied it in one draught – with pleasure, almost with greed.
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:
- stroke
- feature, trait
- Synonyms: Wesenszug, Eigenart, Eigenschaft
- (military) platoon
- Synonyms: Schützenzug, Peloton
- (turn based games) move, play
- Synonym: Spielzug
Declension
Declension of Zug [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Zug | die | Züge |
| genitive | eines | des | Zuges, Zugs | der | Züge |
| dative | einem | dem | Zug, Zuge1 | den | Zügen |
| accusative | einen | den | Zug | die | Züge |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Spielzug
Derived terms
- auf den Zug aufspringen
- Aufzug
- Autozug
- Bummelzug
- Fernzug
- Luftzug
- Regionalzug
- Schnellzug
- Schützenzug
- Sonderzug
- zugartig
- Zugbremse
- Zugfahrt
- zügig
- zugig
- Zugleine
- Zugluft
- Zugspitze
- Zugvogel
- Zugzwang
Descendants
- → Czech: cuk
- → Hungarian: cúg
- → Polish: cug
Etymology 2
Kanton Zug
Originally a use of Etymology 1 above, referring to the pulling up of fish with nets.
Alternative forms
- ZG (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
Proper noun
Zug n (proper noun, genitive Zugs or (optionally with an article) Zug)
- Zug (a canton of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Kanton Zug
- Zug (the capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland)
Declension
Declension of Zug [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| def. | noun | |
| nominative | das | Zug |
| genitive | des | Zugs, Zug1 |
| dative | dem | Zug |
| accusative | das | Zug |
1Optionally with an article.
Derived terms
- Zuger, Zugerin
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Zug”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Zug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zug” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zug” in OpenThesaurus.de
Zug on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Zug”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891