Zug – German noun declension

German noun forms of Zug

Noun: Zug
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Zug
Plural Züge

Definite

Singularder Zug
Pluraldie Züge

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Zuges; Zugs
Plural Züge

Definite

Singulardes Zuges; Zugs
Pluralder Züge

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Zug; Zuge
Plural Zügen

Definite

Singulardem Zug; Zuge
Pluralden Zügen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Zug
Plural Züge

Definite

Singularden Zug
Pluraldie Züge

Sample Sentences

  • 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:]

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”).
2. Cognate with Dutch teug, Low German Tog, Hunsrik Zugh, English tug, Old English tyġe. Related to and synchronically serving as the associated noun of ziehen (“to pull, to draw”). See: Dutch Nouns 'teug', English Nouns 'tug', Old English Nouns 'tyġe'.

Verbs referencing "Zug"

Danish Nouns tog, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns tog, Swedish Nouns tåg, Czech Nouns vlak, Hungarian Nouns cúg, Dutch Nouns teug, German Nouns Zoch, Romanian Nouns țug.

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