411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Danube
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
<dab!>
Alternative forms
en Danub obsolete
Etymology
Attested since at least 1598 (also note enm Danby Danube att. in 15th c. Mandeville's Travels).
Borrowed from en frm Danube, from en fro Danube, from en la Dānubius, from en cel-pro *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name cy Donwy), an extended form of the river-name cel-pro *Dānu, from en ine-pro *déh₂nu river, river goddess, akin to ine-pro *dʰenh₂- to set in motion; to flow.
Cognate with la fōns spring, fa دنیدن to hasten, run danidan, os дон water, river, sa धन्वति dhánvati it flows, runs. More at Danube.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdænjuːb/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Danube.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q1653en with the en A <<river>> in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg (river) Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, <<c/Germany>>, through <<c/Austria>>, <<c/Slovakia>>, <<c/Hungary>>, <<c/Croatia>>, <<c/Serbia>>, <<c/Romania>>, <<c/Bulgaria>>, <<c/Moldova>>, and <<c/Ukraine>>, into the Black Sea 1.
en locale c/US named for the river:
en town co/Herkimer County s/New York.
en minor city co/Renville County s/Minnesota.
Derived terms
en Danuban Danube catfish Danube salmon Danube sturgeon Danube Swabian Danubian Danubic
Descendants
hi डैन्यूब 1
ko 다뉴브 1
mr डॅन्यूब 1
th ดานูบ 1
ur ڈینیوب ḍēn'yūb 1
vi Đa Nuýp 1
Translations
river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
Afrikaans: af Donou
Albanian: sq Danubi, sq Duna Dunau
Arabic: ar دَانُوب m
Armenian: hy Դանուբ
Aromanian: rup Duna f, rup Dunav m
Asturian: ast Danubiu
Azerbaijani: az Dunay
Belarusian: be Дуна́й m
Bulgarian: bg Ду́нав m
Catalan: ca Danubi m
Chichewa: ny Mtsinje wa Danube 3
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 多瑙河 Duōnǎo hé
Czech: cs Dunaj f
Danish: da Donau c
Dutch: nl Donau
Esperanto: eo Danubo
Estonian: et Doonau
Finnish: fi Tonava
French: fr Danube m
Galician: gl Danubio m
Georgian: ka დუნაი
German: de Donau f
Alemannic German: gsw Donnä
Bavarian: bar Doana
Greek: el Δούναβης
Ancient Greek: grc Ἴστρος m
Hebrew: he דנובה f danuba
Hindi: hi डैन्यूब
Hungarian: hu Duna
Icelandic: is Dóná f
Indonesian: id Donau
Irish: ga Danóib f An Danóib
Italian: it Danubio
Japanese: ja ドナウ川 Donau-gawa
Kazakh: kk Танай
Korean: ko 다뉴브강
Lao: lo ດານູບ, lo ແມ່ນ້ຳດານູບ
Latin: la Danuvius m, la Danubius, la Ister m
Latvian: lv Donava
Lithuanian: lt Dunojus
Macedonian: mk Дунав m
Marathi: mr डॅन्यूब f
Nogai: nog Манан
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Donau
Nynorsk: nn Donau
Old English: ang Dōnua
Old Norse: non Dónua, non Duná f
Persian: fa دانوب dânub
Polish: pl Dunaj m
Portuguese: pt Danúbio m
Romanian: ro Dunăre f, ro Danubiu m, ro Istru m
Russian: ru Дуна́й m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ду̏нав m
Latin: sh Dȕnav m
Slovak: sk Dunaj m
Slovene: sl Dónava f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Dunaj m
Upper Sorbian: hsb Dunaj m
Spanish: es Danubio m
Swedish: sv Donau
Tagalog: tl Danubyo
Thai: th แม่น้ำดานูบ mɛ̂ɛ-náam daa-nûup
Turkish: tr Tuna nehri, tr Tuna
Ottoman Turkish: ota طونه Tuna
Ukrainian: uk Дуна́й m
Urdu: ur ڈینیوب ḍēn'yūb
Vietnamese: vi Đa Nuýp sông Đa Nuýp, vi Danube sông Danube, vi Donau sông Donau, vi Đa Não Hà obsolete
Welsh: cy Donaw, cy Donwy
Yakut: sah Дунаай
Anagrams
en abdenu Debaun
en exonyms
French
fr:
Etymology
fr frm Danube, from fr fro Danube (att. since mid-12th c.), borrowed from fr la Dānubius, from fr cel-pro *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name cel-pro *Dānu, from fr ine-pro *déh₂nu river goddess, akin to ine-pro *dʰenh₂- to set in motion; to flow.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Danube.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Danube.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
fr yb 2
Proper noun
m
fr Danube Q1653
fr exonyms
Middle French
Etymology
From frm la Danubius.
Proper noun
frm Danube Q1653
frm 1608 L’histoire du monde 103 https://books.google.com/books?id=J-XxQ5BqMnUC&pg=PA103 [...] au fleuue de Danube.
Descendants
fr Danube
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /da.ˈnyp/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa Danube Q1653