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From Middle Dutch tieren, from Proto-West Germanic *tiari- (“neat, splendid”), from Proto-Germanic *diH-or-i-.[1] The ultimate origin is uncertain, but cognate with Old Norse tærr (“clear (water)”), which could be related to tár (“tear”) << Proto-Germanic *tahrą.[2]
Cognate with German zieren, and also sieren which was borrowed from Middle High German.
tieren
| Conjugation of tieren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tieren | |||
| past singular | tierde | |||
| past participle | getierd | |||
| infinitive | tieren | |||
| gerund | tieren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | tier | tierde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tiert, tier2 | tierde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tiert | tierde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tiert | tierde | ||
| 3rd person singular | tiert | tierde | ||
| plural | tieren | tierden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | tiere | tierde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tieren | tierden | ||
| imperative sing. | tier | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tiert | |||
| participles | tierend | getierd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
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