Tenor

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See also: tenor, tenór, and ténor

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German tenōr, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnoːr/, , , , (Switzerland)
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Noun

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors or Tenores, plural Tenöre or (rare) Tenore)

  1. (music) tenor
Declension
Declension of Tenor
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tenor die Tenöre, Tenore
genitive eines des Tenors, Tenores der Tenöre, Tenore
dative einem dem Tenor, Tenore1 den Tenören, Tenoren
accusative einen den Tenor die Tenöre, Tenore

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin tenor.

Pronunciation

Noun

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors, no plural)

  1. general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor
    Synonyms: Grundgedanke, Grundton, Grundstimmung
    Der Tenor der Leserbriefe war ganz überwiegend negativ.
    The tenor of letters to the editor was much predominantly negative.
  2. (law, Germany, sometimes Austria) operative part of a court order
    Synonyms: (Germany) Entscheidungsformel, (Switzerland) Dispositiv, (Austria) Urteilsspruch
Declension
Declension of Tenor
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Tenor
genitive eines des Tenors
dative einem dem Tenor
accusative einen den Tenor
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Tenor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Tenor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Tenor” in Duden online
  • Tenor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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