Zug
Signification (English)
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- (masculine,strong) train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails)
- (masculine,strong) pull (force that pulls in a specific direction)
- (masculine,strong) draught (of air)
- (masculine,strong) traction
- (masculine,strong) course
- (masculine,strong,usually) drag, draught
- (masculine,strong) draught, gulp
- (masculine,strong) stroke
- (masculine,strong) feature, trait
- (masculine,strong) platoon
- (masculine,strong) move, play
Concepts
Zoug
courant d’air
trait de caractère
interruption du service
marche de défilé
trait du visage
traction exercée
Synonyms
Triebfahrzeug
Charaktereigenschaft
Eisenbahnzug
Tension
Vorbeiziehen
Ausfallen
Menschenschlange
Fährverbindung
Reih und Glied
Saugkraft
Sogkraft
Ziehkraft
Tralli
schlecht bekommen
Mädchen anmachend
Kraftschluss
Charaktermerkmal
leichte Luftbewegung
schwacher Wind
Kanton Zug
Fréquence
Dialects
canton de Zurich
zug
canton d’Argovie
zog
canton des Grisons
zug
canton d’Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures
zug
canton d’Argovie
zug
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/t͡suːk/
Etymology (English)
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”). Cognate with Dutch teug, Hunsrik Zugh, English tug, Old English tyġe. Compare to German ziehen (“to pull, to draw”).

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