teren

See also: téren and terén

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteːrə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tēren (“to destroy, to use (up)”), from Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną. Cognate with German zehren. Also related with English tear (“to rip”).

Verb

teren

  1. (intransitive) to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
  2. (intransitive) to live, survive by consumption
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to rot, to decompose, to waste away
  4. (intransitive, archaic) to be digested
Inflection
Inflection of teren (weak)
infinitive teren
past singular teerde
past participle geteerd
infinitive teren
gerund teren n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular teer teerde
2nd person sing. (jij) teert teerde
2nd person sing. (u) teert teerde
2nd person sing. (gij) teert teerde
3rd person singular teert teerde
plural teren teerden
subjunctive sing.1 tere teerde
subjunctive plur.1 teren teerden
imperative sing. teer
imperative plur.1 teert
participles terend geteerd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch teren, terren. Equivalent to teer +‎ -en.

Verb

teren

  1. (transitive) to tar
Inflection
Inflection of teren (weak)
infinitive teren
past singular teerde
past participle geteerd
infinitive teren
gerund teren n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular teer teerde
2nd person sing. (jij) teert teerde
2nd person sing. (u) teert teerde
2nd person sing. (gij) teert teerde
3rd person singular teert teerde
plural teren teerden
subjunctive sing.1 tere teerde
subjunctive plur.1 teren teerden
imperative sing. teer
imperative plur.1 teert
participles terend geteerd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin terrēnum. Cf. Italian terreno.

Noun

teren m (plural terens)

  1. terrain, ground, land, country

Galician

Verb

teren

  1. third-person plural personal infinitive of ter

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną.

Verb

tēren

  1. to consume, to use up
  2. to eat
  3. to digest

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: teren
  • Limburgish: taere

Further reading

  • “teren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “teren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Nauruan

Noun

teren

  1. neck, throat

Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

teren m inan

  1. terrain (area)

Declension

Derived terms

  • terenowy

Further reading

  • teren in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrain, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.

Noun

teren

  1. pitch (the field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)
  2. terrain, plot of land, ground, field, soil

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /těreːn/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ren

Noun

tèrēn m (Cyrillic spelling тѐре̄н)

  1. terrain

Declension

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