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# [[at]], [[by]], [[on]].
# [[at]], [[by]], [[on]].
#: '''''zu''' Hause'' - "at home"
#: '''''zu''' Hause'' - "at home"
# [[for]], in order to.
<!-- # [[for]], in order to. — see below: particle -->
# with [[respect]] to
#: zu Punkt 1 bemerke ich - "with respect to item 1 let me remark"


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====

Revision as of 13:23, 7 September 2014

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zu"

Basque

Pronoun

zu

  1. you

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German (deprecated template usage) zuo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tō. Cognate to Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) tō; Dutch (deprecated template usage) toe, (deprecated template usage) tot, and (deprecated template usage) te; English (deprecated template usage) to.

Pronunciation

Preposition

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. with respect to
    zu Punkt 1 bemerke ich - "with respect to item 1 let me remark"

Derived terms

  • (zu + dem) zum m or n
  • (zu + der) zur f

Particle

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"

Japanese

Romanization

zu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ず
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ズ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of づ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヅ

Mandarin

Romanization

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

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Volapük

Conjunction

zu

  1. in addition
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