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English
Noun
tue (plural tues)
- Archaic form of tui (the parson bird)
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References
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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Upper Middle High German tüejen, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognate with German tun, Dutch doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do.
Verb
tue (third-person singular simple present tuet, past participle taa, past subjunctive täät, auxiliary haa)
- to do
1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:I tät scho gärn schpiele und jage.- I'd rather play and run around.
1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, page 5:Dr Vater goht und lot's älei. / Hät dänkt, es täg dem Göifli guet.- The father goes and leaves her alone. He'd thought it would do the child good.
Conjugation
conjugation of tue – Urner dialect
References
Blagar
Alternative forms
Numeral
tue
- three
References
Finnish
Pronunciation
Verb
tue
- inflection of tukea:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
tue
- inflection of tuer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Participle
tue f sg
- feminine singular of tu
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
tue
- inflection of tun:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Etymology
From Latin tuae.
Adjective
tue
- feminine plural of tuo
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Latin
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tue
- vocative masculine singular of tuus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þúfa.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)
- a tussock, a small mound or tuft formed by certain grasses and small shrubs.
Det er mange tuer med blåbær i skogen bak huset vårt.- There are many tussocks of blueberry in the woods behind our house.
Etymology 2
Noun
tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)
- (dialectal, chiefly Trøndelag, nonstandard) alternative form of tvoge
References
- “tue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Sardinian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Italian tu, Portuguese tu, Spanish tú, French tu, Romanian tu, Aromanian tu, Corsican tù, Catalan tu, Sicilian tu.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tue (second person singular)
- you, thou