teer

See also: Teer

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

• reet, rete, tree

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːr

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Etymology 1

Noun

teer m or n (uncountable)

1. tar

Descendants

• → 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	—

Etymology 3

Verb

teer

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of teren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of teren

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-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)

1. tree

Related terms

• appelteer, elzenteer

Anagrams

• eert, eter, reet, tere, tree

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German

Verb

teer

1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of teeren.
2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of teeren.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tēar.

Noun

teer

1. Alternative form of tere (“tear”)

Etymology 2

From Old English teoru.

Noun

teer

1. Alternative form of ter (“tar”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch têer.

Noun

teer

1. Alternative form of teere (“good”)

Etymology 4

From Old English teran.

Verb

teer

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

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Swedish

Noun

teer

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of te

Anagrams

• eter