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Zug.

procession (larger group moving together along a common route)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡suːk/standard/t͡sʊx//t͡suːx/
  1. procession (larger group moving together along a common route) train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails)

    masculine · strong
  2. procession (larger group moving together along a common route) platoon

    masculine · strong
  3. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction)

    masculine · strong
  4. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction) draught (of air)

    masculine · strong
  5. pull, yank (singular pulling action) drag, draught (from a cigarette, etc.)

    masculine · strong
  6. pull, yank (singular pulling action) draught, gulp (from a drink)

    masculine · strong
  7. pull, yank (singular pulling action) stroke, move (singular pulling arm movement such as to proceed; e.g. in swimming, rowing, climbing)

    masculine · strong
  8. feature, trait

    masculine · strong
  9. move, play

    masculine · strong
  10. pulley, pulling mechanism

    in-compounds · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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, 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”).

name/t͡suːk/standard/t͡sʊx//t͡suːx/
  1. Zug (a canton of Switzerland)

    neuter · proper-noun
  2. Zug (the capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland)

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

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

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