teer

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.

Anagrams

• TREE, Tree, reet, rete, tree

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

Noun

teer m or n (uncountable)

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 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)

1. tenderness

Adjective

teer (comparative teerder, superlative teerst)

1. tender, delicate

Inflection

Declension 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

Etymology 3

Verb

teer

1. inflection of teren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Etymology 4

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

Noun

teer m (uncountable)

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. tree

Related terms

• appelteer, elzenteer

Anagrams

• eert, eter, reet, tere, tree

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

teer

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• teere, ter, tere
• tær, tear (Early Middle English)
• tyer, tyear, tyar (Kent)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛːr/

Noun

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, 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

1. 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.

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”)

Swedish

Noun

teer

1. indefinite plural of te

Anagrams

• eter