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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zu" and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

Basque

Pronoun

zu

1. you

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German (deprecated template usage) zuo (compare Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) tô, Dutch (deprecated template usage) toe, English (deprecated template usage) to, Swedish (deprecated template usage) till).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /tsuː/

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) zu (+ dative)

1. to, towards.

   zum Bahnhof - "to the train station"

2. along with; with

   Wasser zum Essen trinken - "to drink water with [one's] meal

3. at, by, on.

   zu Hause - "at home"

4. for, in order to.

Derived terms

• (zu + dem) zum
• (zu + der) zur Template:f

Particle

(deprecated template usage) zu

1. for; in order to; Used with infinitive of verbs.

   etwas zu essen - "something to eat"

Adverb

zu

1. to, towards.
2. closed, shut.

   Das Geschäft war zu. - "The shop was closed."

3. too; excessively

   zu schnell - "too fast"

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

zu

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zū.
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zú.
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zǔ.
4. (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.

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Volapük

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) zu

1. in addition