Neuter

Zeug

Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) stuff, gear, equipment
  2. (neuter, strong) material
  3. (neuter, strong) fabric, clothing, clothes
  4. (neuter, strong) garbage, rubbish, anything bad or harmful

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

züüg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zyyg

Zürich

Zürich

züg

Zürich

Zürich

züüg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡sɔʏ̯k/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German ziuc (“stuff, gear”), from Old High German giziug, from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą. Compare Dutch tuig (“tool, gear”), Old Norse tygi (“gear”). More at toy.

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