Gdańsk

See also: Gdansk and Gdaňsk

English

Alternative forms

• Gdansk

Etymology

From Polish Gdańsk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/
• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/, /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/

Proper noun

Gdańsk

1. A city on the north coast of Poland.

Synonyms

• (city in Poland): Danzig

Translations

city of Poland

• Albanian: Dancigu
• Arabic: غْدَانْسْك m (ḡdānsk)
• Armenian: Գդանսկ (hy) (Gdansk)
• Azerbaijani: Qdansk
• Belarusian: Гданьск m (Hdanʹsk)
• Bulgarian: Гданск m (Gdansk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格但斯克 (zh) (Gédànsīkè)

• Czech: Gdaňsk (cs) m
• Danish: Gdansk, Danzig (pre-1945 period)
• Dutch: Gdańsk n
• East Central German: Danzich n (Silesian)
• Esperanto: Dancigo
• Finnish: Gdansk
• French: Gdańsk (fr) m, Dantzig (fr) m, Dantzick (fr) m
• Georgian: გდანსკი (gdansḳi)
• German: Danzig (de) n, Gdańsk (de) n
• Greek: Γκντανσκ (el) n (Gkntansk), Ντάντσιχ n (Ntántsich) (former name)
• Hebrew: גדנסק m
• Hungarian: Gdańsk (hu), Dancka (former name)
• Italian: Danzica f
• Japanese: グダニスク (Gudanisuku)
• Kashubian: Gduńsk (csb) m
• Korean: 그단스크 (ko) (Geudanseukeu)
• Latin: Gedanum n, Gedania f, Dantiscum n
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• Latvian: Gdaņska
• Lithuanian: Gdanskas
• Low German:

  German Low German: Danzig n

• Macedonian: Гдањск m (Gdanjsk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gdańsk n

  Nynorsk: Gdańsk n

• Persian: گدانسک (gdânsk)
• Polish: Gdańsk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gdansk f, Danzig f (formerly), Danzigue f
• Romanian: Gdańsk n, Gdansk n
• Russian: Гданьск (ru) m (Gdanʹsk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гдањск m

  Roman: Gdanjsk m

• Slovak: Gdansk m
• Slovene: Gdansk m inan
• Spanish: Gdansk (es) m, Danzig (es) (formerly)
• Swedish: Gdańsk (sv) n, Danzig (sv) n
• Thai: กดัญสก์ (gà-dan-sa)
• Turkish: Gdańsk
• Ukrainian: Гданськ (uk) m (Hdansʹk)
• Vietnamese: Gdańsk
• Yiddish: דאַנץ (dants)

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Polish

Etymology

From West Slavic Gdania (name of river). Gdania is from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n) + *dъno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡdaɲsk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɲsk
• Syllabification: Gdańsk

Proper noun

Gdańsk m

1. Gdańsk (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Gdańsk

	singular
nominative	Gdańsk
genitive	Gdańska
dative	Gdańskowi
accusative	Gdańsk
instrumental	Gdańskiem
locative	Gdańsku
vocative	Gdańsku

Derived terms

adjective

• gdański

 

nouns

• gdańszczanin
• gdańszczanka

 

Further reading

• Gdańsk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gdańsk in Polish dictionaries at PWN