Bydgoszcz

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bĭd′gôsh(ch)
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɔːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• (General American, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɔʃ(t͡ʃ)/

  (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɑʃ(t͡ʃ)/

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɒʃ(t͡ʃ)/

  (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡɑʃ(t͡ʃ)/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪd.ɡoːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈbəd.ɡoːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɖ.ɡɔːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪdɡɔːʃ, -ɪdɡɔːʃtʃ
• Hyphenation: Byd‧goszcz

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz

2. The capital and largest city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

Translations

a city in Poland

• Armenian: Բիդգոշչ (hy) (Bidgoščʻ)
• Belarusian: Бы́дгашч f (Býdhašč)
• Bulgarian: Би́дгошч m (Bídgošč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比得哥什 (Bǐdégēshí)

• Czech: Bydhošť f
• Danish: Bydgoszcz
• Erzya: Быдгощ (Bïdgošč)
• Georgian: ბიდგოშჩი (bidgošči)
• German: Bromberg (de) n, Bydgoszcz (de) n
• Greek: Μπίντγκοστς (el) (Bíntgkosts)
• Hebrew: בידגושץ׳
• Hindi: बिद्गोश्च (bidgośc)
• Japanese: ブィドゴシュチュ (Bidogoshuchu), ビドゴシュチ (Bidogoshuchi)
• Kashubian: Bëdgòszcza f, Bëdgòszcz f
• Korean: 비드고슈치 (bideugosyuchi)
• Latin: Bidgostia f, Bydgostia f, Brombergum n
• Latvian: Bidgošča
• Lithuanian: Bydgoščius m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Brombarg

• Macedonian: Би́дгошч m (Bídgošč)
• Polish: Bydgoszcz (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bydgoszcz f
• Russian: Бы́дгощ m or f (Býdgošč)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бидгошч m

  Latin: Bydgoszcz m, Bidgošč m

• Silesian: Bydgoszcz f
• Slovak: Bydgoszcz m inan, Bydhošť f
• Slovene: Bydgoszcz f
• Turkish: Bydgoszcz
• Ukrainian: Би́дгощ f (Býdhošč)
• Yiddish: בידגאָש (bidgosh)

See also

• Bromberg

Further reading

• “Bydgoszcz”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Polish

Bydgoszcz (sense 1)

Etymology

Originally possessive adjective, from name *Byd(i)gostь + *-jь, a lengthened variant of Proto-Slavic *Bъdigostь, from the imperative form of *bъděti (“to be awake”) + *gostь (“guest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɘd.ɡɔʂt͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘdɡɔʂt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: Byd‧goszcz

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz f (related adjective bydgoski, demonym bydgoszczanin, female demonym bydgoszczanka)

2. Bydgoszcz (the capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) Bydzia; (abbreviation) BDG

   Brda przepływa przez Bydgoszcz. ― Brda flows through Bydgoszcz.

4. a settlement in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Declension

Declension of Bydgoszcz

	singular
nominative	Bydgoszcz
genitive	Bydgoszczy
dative	Bydgoszczy
accusative	Bydgoszcz
instrumental	Bydgoszczą
locative	Bydgoszczy
vocative	Bydgoszczy

Descendants

• → English: Bydgoszcz
• → Portuguese: Bydgoszcz
• → Slovak: Bydgoszcz

Trivia

Originally was grammatically masculine.

Further reading

• “Bydgoszcz”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Bydgoszcz”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “Bydgoszcz”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bidˈɡɔʃ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈdɡɔʃ/ [biˈðɣɔʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈdɡɔʃ/ [biˈðɣɔʃ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈdɡɔʃt͡ʃ/ [biˈðɣɔʃt͡ʃ]

• Hyphenation: Byd‧goszcz

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz f

2. Bydgoszcz (the capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Slovak

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bidɡɔʃt͡ʃ/, [ˈbidɡɔʃt͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -idɡɔʃt͡ʃ
• Hyphenation: Byd‧goszcz

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz m inan (relational adjective bydgoszczský, demonym Bydgoszczan, female demonym Bydgoszczanka)

2. Bydgoszcz (the capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Bydgoszcz
(pattern stroj)

	singular
nominative	Bydgoszcz
genitive	Bydgoszcza
dative	Bydgoszczu
accusative	Bydgoszcz
locative	Bydgoszczi
instrumental	Bydgoszczom

Further reading

• “Bydgoszcz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026