teer
English
Verb
teer (third-person singular simple present teers, present participle teering, simple past and past participle teered)
- (transitive) To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
Anagrams
- TREE, Tree, reet, rete, tree
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːr
Noun
teer m or n (uncountable)
- tar
Derived terms
-general:
- teerketel
- teerkorst
- teerkwast
- teerolie
- teervuur
- teerwater
- teerzalf
- teerzeep
- teerzuur
-types of tar:
- bergteer
- bruinkoolteer
- houtteer
- koolteer
- mineraalteer
- steenkoolteer
- turfteer
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)
- tenderness
Adjective
teer (comparative teerder, superlative teerst)
- 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
- Negerhollands: teer, teeri
Verb
teer
- first-person singular present indicative of teren
- imperative of teren
Etymology 4
Over time, teer was also used to refer to tuberculosis, analogously to English consumption.
Noun
teer m (uncountable)
- the act of digesting or being consumed
- 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 *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Cognate with English tree, Danish træ.
Noun
teer m (plural teren, diminutive teertje n)
- tree
Related terms
- appelteer, elzenteer
Anagrams
- eert, eter, reet, tere, tree
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
teer
- singular imperative of teeren
- (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.
Alternative forms
- teere, ter, tere
- tær, tear (early)
- tyer, tyear, tyar (Kent)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛːr/
Noun
teer (plural teres or teren)
- A tear (drop of liquid from the eyes):
- A tear as a symptom of disease or injury.
- An emotionally-triggered tear (e.g. ecstasy, remorse, sadness, sympathy)
- A drop of liquid resembling a teardrop.
- (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.
Related terms
- teren
- tery
Descendants
- English: tear
- Middle Scots: tear, tere, teir, tichwr, tychir
- Scots: tear, taer, tare, teir
References
- “tēr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Dutch têer, alternative form of têder, têeder (whence modern Dutch teder), from Old Dutch *tidar, from Proto-Germanic *tidaraz.
Alternative forms
- teere, ter, tere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛːr/
Adjective
teer
- Of good quality or manners.
Descendants
- English: tear, tare (“good flax”) (obsolete)
References
- “tēr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.
Noun
teer
- Alternative form of ter (“tar”)
Verb
teer
- Alternative form of teren (“to ruin by removing or splitting”)
Swedish
Noun
teer
- indefinite plural of te.
Anagrams
- eter