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====Usage notes==== |
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Revision as of 21:21, 14 February 2010
See also: Appendix:Variations of "zu"
Basque
Pronoun
zu
German
Etymology
Old High German (deprecated template usage) zuo, Old Saxon tô, compare Dutch (deprecated template usage) toe
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /tsuː/ - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "DE-zu.OGG" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Preposition
(deprecated template usage) zu (+ dative)
- to, towards.
- zum Bahnhof - "to the train station"
- along with; with
- Wasser zum Essen trinken - "to drink water with [one's] meal
- at, by, on.
- zu Hause - "at home"
- for, in order to.
Derived terms
- (zu + dem) zum Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "n" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- (zu + der) zur Template:f
Particle
(deprecated template usage) zu
- for; in order to; Used with infinitive of verbs.
- etwas zu essen - "something to eat"
Adverb
zu
- to, towards.
- closed, shut.
- Das Geschäft war zu. - "The shop was closed."
- too; excessively
- zu schnell - "too fast"
Mandarin
Pinyin syllable
zu
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zū. - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zú. - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zǔ. - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zù.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.