tyg

English

Noun

tyg (plural tygs)

1. Alternative form of tig (drinking cup)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢyɡ̊]
• Homophone: tyk

Verb

tyg

1. imperative of tygge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tygh‚ from Old Norse tygi, from Middle Low German tüg (“things, gear, equipment, garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyːɡ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -yːɡ

Noun

tyg n

1. cloth, textile, fabric
2. (dated) gear, equipment (especially for the armed forces)
3. (in some compounds) undesirable behavior

   Hyponyms: fanstyg, otyg, rackartyg, sattyg

Declension

Declension of tyg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tyg	tygs
	definite	tyget	tygets
plural	indefinite	tyger	tygers
	definite	tygerna	tygernas

Declension of tyg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tyg	tygs
	definite	tyget	tygets
plural	indefinite	tyg	tygs
	definite	tygen	tygens

Related terms

• bomullstyg
• flytetyg
• jeanstyg
• sidentyg
• skrivtyg
• tygaffär
• tygbit
• tygmästare
• tygrulle
• verktyg

See also

• betyg
• duk
• don
• intyg
• tygel
• väv

Further reading

• tyg in Svensk ordbok.
• tyg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)