Tee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tee"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tee

1. An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tee terms

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.

Proper noun

Tee

1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Usage notes

It can also be an English surname or stage / professional surname.

Etymology 3

Noun

Tee (plural Tees)

1. Alternative letter-case form of tee.

Anagrams

• EET

Alemannic German

Noun

Tee m (diminutive Teeli)

1. alternative spelling of Thee

German

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê), probably through Dutch thee. Attested since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

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Noun

Tee m (strong, genitive Tees, plural (sorts of tea) Tees or (servings of tea) Tee)

1. tea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)

Declension

Declension of Tee [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tee	die	Tees, Tee
genitive	eines	des	Tees	der	Tees, Tee
dative	einem	dem	Tee	den	Tees, Tee
accusative	einen	den	Tee	die	Tees, Tee

Alternative forms

• Thee (until early 20th c.)

Derived terms

• Algentee
• Beuteltee
• Darjeeling-Tee
• einen im Tee haben
• Früchtetee
• grüner Tee
• Grüntee
• Heiltee
• in den Tee tun
• Kamillentee
• Pfefferminztee
• schwarzer Tee
• Schwarztee
• Tee-Ei
• Teebaum
• Teebeutel
• Teeblatt
• Teegebäck
• Teegeschäft
• Teeglas
• Teehaus
• Teekanne
• Teekessel
• Teekocher
• Teelicht
• Teelöffel
• Teesieb
• Teestube
• Teestunde
• Teetasse
• Teewärmer
• Teewurst
• Teezeit

Descendants

• → Estonian: tee
• → Hunsrik: Tee
• → Lower Sorbian: tej
• → Romansch: te, té, tè
• → Silesian: tyj
• → Silesian East Central German: Tee
• → Vilamovian: tyy
• → Zipser German: Tee

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

1. (golf) tee

Declension

Declension of Tee [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tee	die	Tees
genitive	eines	des	Tees	der	Tees
dative	einem	dem	Tee	den	Tees
accusative	ein	das	Tee	die	Tees

Further reading

• “Tee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tee” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Tee” in Duden online
• Tee on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Tee (sense 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tee, borrowed from Dutch thee, borrowed from Hokkien 茶. Doublet of Cha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰeː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification: Tee

Noun

Tee m (plural Tee)

1. tea

   Synonym: Cha

3. (Rio Grande do Sul, strictly) maté (hot drink)

   Synonyms: Schimarong, Matt

   • 2021, Piter Kehoma Boll, “Tee”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 162, column 2:

     Vaam-mer en Tee drinke?

     Let's drink some maté?

4. (Rio Grande do Sul, metonymic) yerba mate

Derived terms

• Bittretee
• Graastee
• Teedokter
• Teekann
• Teeleffel
• Teepump
• Teewald

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Te, Thee

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 戴 (Tè).

Proper noun

Tee

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee m

1. tea

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tee f (plural Teeen)

1. toe

Noun

Tee m

1. tea

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tee, from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ) and 戴 (Tì). Doublet of Ty.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ti/ [t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Tee

Proper noun

Tee (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

See also

• Te

Zipser German

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee

1. tea (drink)

References

• Anton-Joseph Ilk, Zipser Volksgut aus dem Wassertal (1990), page 141