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Etymology
From Dutch Duits, from Middle Dutch duutsch, a Northern variant of dietsch, both from Old Dutch *thiudisc, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Duits (attributive Duitse, not comparable)
Proper noun
Duits
- German, the German language
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Duitsch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duutsch, a Northern variant of dietsch, both from Old Dutch *thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). Doublet of Diets.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Duits (comparative Duitser, superlative meest Duits or Duitst)
Inflection
Declension of Duits | ||||
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uninflected | Duits | |||
inflected | Duitse | |||
comparative | Duitser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | Duits | Duitser | het Duitst het Duitste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | Duitse | Duitsere | Duitste |
n. sing. | Duits | Duitser | Duitste | |
plural | Duitse | Duitsere | Duitste | |
definite | Duitse | Duitsere | Duitste | |
partitive | Duits | Duitsers | — |
Descendants
- Afrikaans: Duits
Proper noun
Duits n
- German language
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