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See also: Teer and tẽer

English

Verb

teer (third-person singular simple present teers, present participle teering, simple past and past participle teered)

  1. (transitive) To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

Noun

teer m or n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. 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 teer, contraction of teder, teeder, from Old Dutch *tidar, from Proto-Germanic *tidaraz. Doublet of teder. Cognate to Middle English teere.

Adjective

teer (comparative teerder, superlative teerst)

  1. tender, delicate
Usage notes
  • Teer tends to be used in sense of “easily damaged”, while the doublet teder is used in the sense of “fond, gentle”. For example, een tere gezondheid (“a delicate health”), but een teder moment (“a tender moment”).
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Descendants

Noun

teer m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. tenderness

Etymology 3

Verb

teer

  1. inflection of teren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 4

Over time, teer was also used to refer to tuberculosis, analogously to English consumption.

Noun

teer m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. the act of digesting or being consumed
  2. 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 *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Cognate with English tree, Danish træ.

Noun

teer m (plural teren, diminutive teertje n)

  1. (obsolete) tree (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  • appelteer, elzenteer

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German

Pronunciation

Verb

teer

  1. singular imperative of teeren
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of teeren

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English tēar, tǣr, tæher, teagor, from Proto-West Germanic *tahr.

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    Noun

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    teer (plural teres or teren)

    1. A tear (drop of liquid from the eyes):
      1. A tear as a symptom of disease or injury.
      2. An emotionally-triggered tear (e.g. ecstasy, remorse, sadness, sympathy)
    2. A drop of liquid resembling a teardrop.
    3. (figuratively) The feeling of teariness or distress.
    Usage notes
    • This noun usually appears in the plural.
    Descendants
    References

    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

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      teer

      1. Of good quality or manners.
      Descendants
      • English: tear, tare (“good flax”) (obsolete)
      References

      Etymology 3

      Noun

      teer

      1. alternative form of ter (“tar”)

      Etymology 4

      Verb

      teer

      1. alternative form of teren (“to ruin by removing or splitting”)
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      Swedish

      Noun

      teer

      1. indefinite plural of te

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