Teer

See also: teer and tẽer

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German and Middle Low German ter, from Old Saxon *tero, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːɐ̯/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Noun

Teer m (strong, genitive Teeres or Teers, plural Teere)

1. tar

Declension

Declension of Teer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Teer	die	Teere
genitive	eines	des	Teeres, Teers	der	Teere
dative	einem	dem	Teer, Teere1	den	Teeren
accusative	einen	den	Teer	die	Teere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• teeren
• Teermaschine

Related terms

• Teergehalt
• Teerstraße

Further reading

• “Teer” in Duden online
• “Teer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache