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teer.

tar

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/teːr/
  1. tar

    masculine · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
noun/teːr/
  1. tree

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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/teːr/
  1. tenderness

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

noun/teːr/
  1. the act of digesting or being consumed

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. tuberculosis

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

adj/teːr/
  1. tender, delicate

Where this word comes from

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

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