teer

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See also: Teer and tẽer

English

Verb

teer (third-person singular simple present teers, present participle teering, simple past and past participle teered)

  1. (transitive) To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teːr/
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  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

Noun

teer m or n (uncountable)

  1. tar
Derived terms

-general:

-types of tar:

Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tere
  • Negerhollands: taer
  • → Caribbean Javanese: tir
  • → Indonesian: ter

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch têer, alternative form of têder, têeder (whence modern Dutch teder), from Old Dutch *tidar, from Proto-Germanic *tidaraz; cognate to Middle English teere.

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 —
Descendants

Etymology 3

Verb

teer

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

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-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, 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
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German

Pronunciation

Verb

teer

  1. singular imperative of teeren
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of teeren

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English tēar, tǣr, tæhher, teagor, from Proto-West Germanic *tah(h)r, from Proto-Germanic *tahrą.

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Pronunciation

Noun

teer (plural teres or teren)

  1. A tear (drop of liquid from the eyes):
    1. A tear as a symptom of disease or injury.
    2. An emotionally-triggered tear (e.g. ecstasy, remorse, sadness, sympathy)
  2. A drop of liquid resembling a teardrop.
  3. (figuratively) The feeling of teariness or distress.
Usage notes

This noun usually appears in the plural, which is usually teres; teren is early and rare.

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References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Dutch têer, alternative form of têder, têeder (whence modern Dutch teder), from Old Dutch *tidar, from Proto-Germanic *tidaraz.

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Pronunciation

Adjective

teer

  1. Of good quality or manners.
Descendants
  • English: tear, tare (“good flax”) (obsolete)
References

Etymology 3

Noun

teer

  1. Alternative form of ter (“tar”)

Etymology 4

Verb

teer

  1. Alternative form of teren (“to ruin by removing or splitting”)

Swedish

Noun

teer

  1. indefinite plural of te

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