Neuter
Zeug
- (neuter, strong) stuff, gear, equipment
- (neuter, strong) material
- (neuter, strong) fabric, clothing, clothes
- (neuter, strong) garbage, rubbish, anything bad or harmful
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
züüg
Basel-Landschaft
zyyg
Zürich
züg
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.
Related words
Gimmick
Krusch
Kramuri
Graffel
Madeirawein
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