Zug
Meaning
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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
underground train
subway train
service suspended
ranks of troops
line array
electric train
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
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
zug
Aargau
zog
Graubünden
zug
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
zug
Aargau
zug
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡suːk/
Etymology
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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