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Teer

Teer

See also: teer

German

Noun

Teer m (genitive Teers, plural Teere)

  1. tar

teer

teer

See also: Teer

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
Inflection of teer
uninflected teer
inflected tere
comparative teerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial teer teerder het teerst
het teerste
indefinite m./f. sing. tere teerdere teerste
n. sing. teer teerder teerste
plural tere teerdere teerste
definite tere teerdere teerste
partitive teers teerders

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


German

Verb

teer

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

Swedish

Noun

teer

  1. indefinite plural of te