teef
English
Noun
teef
- plural of toof
Noun
teef
- (MLE) thief
Verb
teef (third-person singular simple present teefs, present participle teefing, simple past and past participle teefed)
- (MLE, MTE) to steal
- 2013, Nick Barlay, Crumple Zone:
- You s'posed to be my homie an' you teefed my story
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Anagrams
- ETFE, feet, fete, fête
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch teef.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiəf/
Noun
teef (plural tewe)
- bitch (female dog)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch teve, from Old Dutch *tiva, from Proto-West Germanic *tibā, perhaps from the root of Old Norse tík (“bitch”).[1]
Cognate to Old English tife and probably German Zibbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːf/
teef (file) - Hyphenation: teef
- Rhymes: -eːf
Noun
teef f (plural teven, diminutive teefje n, masculine reu)
- A bitch, a female dog: a female dog or other canine.
Derived terms
- appelteef
- visteef
References
- "Teef (wijfjeshond)", in M. Philippa e.a. (2003-2009), Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, via: Etymologiebank.nl.
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “teef1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch teef.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːf/
Noun
teef c (plural teven, diminutive teefke)
- bitch, female dog
Further reading
- “teef”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011