deutsch

See also: Deutsch

German

the inscription dem deutschen Volke on the Reichstag. It means "to the German people".

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (popular, vernacular), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (of the people, popular), an adjective from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (people) (compare Old English þeod), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Compare Dutch Duits, Low German düütsch, Icelandic þjóð. See also Dutch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔʏ̯tʃ/
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Adjective

deutsch (comparative deutscher, superlative am deutschesten)

  1. German: of or pertaining to the German people
    Meine Mutter ist deutscher Herkunft, aber mein Vater ist Schwede.
    My mother is of German origin but my father is a Swede.
  2. German: of or pertaining to Germany
    der deutsche Außenministerdas deutsche Patentamt
    the German foreign ministerthe German patent office
  3. German: of or pertaining to the German language
    einige deutsche Wörter
    a few German words

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Further reading

  • deutsch in Duden online
  • deutsch in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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