Bydgoszcz

English

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz

1. A city in Poland.

Translations

a city in Poland

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

  Mandarin: 比得哥什 (Bǐdégēshí)

• Czech: Bydhošť f
• Danish: Bydgoszcz
• Erzya: Быдгощ (Bidgošč)
• Georgian: ბიდგოშჩი (bidgošči)
• German: Bromberg (de) n, Bydgoszcz (de) n
• Greek: Μπίντγκοστς (el) (Bíntgkosts)
• Hebrew: בידגושץ'
• Japanese: ブィドゴシュチュ (Bidogoshuchu), ビドゴシュチ (Bidogoshuchi)
• Kashubian: Bëdgòszcza
• Latin: Bidgostia
• 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

  Roman: Bydgoszcz m, Bidgošč m

• Silesian: Bydgoszcz f
• Slovak: Bydgoszcz m, Bydhošť f
• Slovene: Bydgoszcz f
• Turkish: Bydgoszcz
• Ukrainian: Би́дгощ f (Býdhošč)
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} בידגאָש (bidgosh)

Polish

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): /ˈbɨd.ɡɔʂt͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɨdɡɔʂt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: Byd‧goszcz

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz f

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

Declension

Declension of Bydgoszcz

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

Derived terms

adjective

• bydgoski

 

nouns

• bydgoszczanin
• bydgoszczanka

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz f

1. Bydgoszcz (a city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Bydgoszcz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbidɡɔʃt͡ʃ]

Proper noun

Bydgoszcz m inan (genitive singular Bydgoszcza, declension pattern of dub)

1. Bydgoszcz (a city in Poland)

Declension

Declension of Bydgoszcz

	singulare tantum
nominative	Bydgoszcz
genitive	Bydgoszcza
dative	Bydgoszczu
accusative	Bydgoszcz
locative	Bydgoszczi
instrumental	Bydgoszczom

Derived terms

• Bydgoszczan m
• Bydgoszczanka f
• bydgoszczský

References

• “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, 2024