German

Noun

Teer m ‎(genitive Teers, plural Teere)

1. tar

Dutch

Noun

teer m, n ‎(uncountable)

1. tar

Etymology 2

Noun

teer m ‎(uncountable)

1. tenderness

Adjective

teer ‎(comparative teerder, superlative teerst)

1. tender, delicate

Inflection

Etymology 3

Verb

teer

1. first-person singular present indicative of teren
2. imperative of teren

Etymology 4

Over time, teer was also used to refer to tuberculosis, analogously to English consumption.

Noun

teer m ‎(uncountable)

1. the act of digesting or being consumed
2. tuberculosis

Etymology 5

From Middle Dutch tree, from Old Dutch *trio, *treo, from Proto-Germanic *trewą ‎(“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru ‎(“tree”). Cognate with English tree, Danish træ.

Noun

teer m ‎(plural teren, diminutive teertje n)

1. tree

Related terms

• appelteer, elzenteer

Anagrams

• eert, eter, reet, tere, tree

German

Verb

teer

1. Imperative singular of teeren.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of teeren.

Swedish

Noun

teer

1. indefinite plural of te