teer

See also: Teer

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːr
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Etymology 1

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 teerteerderhet teerst
het teerste
indefinite m./f. sing. tereteerdereteerste
n. sing. teerteerderteerste
plural tereteerdereteerste
definite tereteerdereteerste
partitive teersteerders—

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
  • 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
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