Danube

English

Alternative forms

• Danub (obsolete)

Etymology

Attested since at least 1598 (also note Middle English Danby (“Danube”) att. in 15th c. Mandeville's Travels).

Borrowed from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube, from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name Donwy), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river, river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

Cognate with Latin fōns (“spring”), Persian دنیدن (danidan, “to hasten, run”), Ossetian дон (don, “water, river”), Sanskrit धन्वति (dhánvati, “it flows, runs”). More at Danube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdænjuːb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Danube

2. A river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.
3. A locale in the United States, named for the river.
   1. A town in New York.
   2. A city in Minnesota.

Derived terms

• Danube sturgeon
• Danube Swabian
• Danubian
• Danubic

 

Descendants

• Hindi: डेन्यूब (ḍenyūb)
• Korean: 다뉴브 (danyubeu)
• Marathi: डॅन्यूब (ḍĕnyūb)
• Thai: ดานูบ (daa-núup)
• Urdu: ڈینیوب (ḍēn'yūb)
• Vietnamese: Đa Nuýp

Translations

river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea

• Afrikaans: Donou
• Albanian: Danubi (sq), Dunau
• Arabic: دَانُوب m (dānūb)
• Armenian: Դանուբ (hy) (Danub)
• Aromanian: Duna f, Dunav m
• Asturian: Danubiu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Dunay (az)
• Bavarian: Doana
• Belarusian: Дуна́й m (Dunáj)
• Bulgarian: Ду́нав m (Dúnav)
• Catalan: Danubi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多瑙河 (Duōnǎo hé)

• Czech: Dunaj (cs) f
• Danish: Donau (da) c
• Dutch: Donau (nl)
• Estonian: Doonau (et)
• Finnish: Tonava (fi)
• French: Danube (fr) m
• Galician: Danubio m
• Georgian: დუნაი (dunai)
• German: Donau (de) f

  Alemannic German: Donnä

• Greek: Δούναβης (el) (Doúnavis)

  Ancient: Ἴστρος m (Ístros)

• Hebrew: דנובה f (danuba)
• Hindi: डेन्यूब (ḍenyūb)
• Hungarian: Duna (hu)
• Icelandic: Dóná f
• Indonesian: Donau
• Irish: An Danóib f
• Italian: Danubio (it)
• Japanese: ドナウ川 (Donau-gawa)
• Kazakh: Танай (Tanai)
• Korean: 다뉴브 강 (danyubeu gang)
• Lao: ດານູບ (dā nūp), ແມ່ນ້ຳດານູບ (mǣ nam dā nūp)
• Latin: Danuvius m, Danubius, Ister m
• Latvian: Donava
• Lithuanian: Dunojus
• Macedonian: Дунав m (Dunav)
• Marathi: डॅन्यूब f (ḍĕnyūb)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Donau

  Nynorsk: Donau

• Old English: Dōnua
• Old Norse: Dónua, Duná f
• Ottoman Turkish: طونه (Tuna)
• Persian: دانوب (dânub)
• Polish: Dunaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Danúbio (pt) m
• Romanian: Dunăre f, Danubiu m
• Russian: Дуна́й (ru) m (Dunáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ду̀нав m

  Roman: Dùnav (sh) m

• Slovak: Dunaj m
• Slovene: Dónava (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Dunaj m

  Upper Sorbian: Dunaj m

• Spanish: Danubio (es) m
• Swedish: Donau (sv)
• Tagalog: Danubyo
• Thai: แม่น้ำดานูบ (mɛ̂ɛ-náam daa-nûup)
• Turkish: Tuna nehri, Tuna (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дуна́й m (Dunáj)
• Urdu: ڈینیوب (ḍēn'yūb)
• Vietnamese: sông Đa Nuýp, sông Danube, sông Donau
• Welsh: Donaw, Donwy
• Yakut: Дунаай (Dunaay)

Anagrams

• Debaun

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube (att. since mid-12th c.), borrowed from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -yb

Proper noun

Danube m

1. Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ˈnyp/

Proper noun

Danube

1. Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)