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Zug

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See also: zug, zúg, and zʉg

English

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canton of Zug

Etymology

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From German Zug.

Proper noun

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Zug

  1. A canton of Switzerland.
    Synonym: canton of Zug
  2. The capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland.

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡suːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /t͡sʊx/, /t͡suːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
  • Rhymes: -uːk, -ʊx

Etymology 1

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    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, 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).

    Noun

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    Zug m (strong, genitive Zuges or Zugs, plural Züge)

    1. procession (larger group moving together along a common route)
      1. train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails)
        Synonyms: Bahn, Eisenbahn
      2. (military) platoon
        Synonyms: Schützenzug, Peloton
    2. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction)
      1. draught (of air)
        Synonym: Luftzug
    3. pull, yank (singular pulling action)
      1. drag, draught (from a cigarette, etc.)
      2. draught, gulp (from a drink)
        Synonym: Schluck
        • 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.
      3. (sports) stroke, move (singular pulling arm movement such as to proceed; e.g. in swimming, rowing, climbing)
    4. feature, trait
      Synonyms: Wesenszug, Eigenart, Eigenschaft
    5. (turn based games) move, play
      Synonym: Spielzug
    6. (chiefly in compounds) pulley, pulling mechanism
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    Descendants
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    • Czech: cuk
    • Hungarian: cúg
    • Kashubian: cuch
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tog
    • Polish: cug
    • Silesian: cug

    Etymology 2

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     Kanton Zug on German Wikipedia
     Zug (Stadt) on German Wikipedia
    Kanton Zug

    Originally a use of Etymology 1 above, referring to the pulling up of fish with nets.

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    Proper noun

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    Zug n (proper noun, genitive Zugs or (optionally with an article) Zug)

    1. Zug (a canton of Switzerland)
      Synonym: Kanton Zug
    2. Zug (the capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland)
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    References

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    1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (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

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    • 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