teren

See also: téren and terén

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteːrə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tēren (to destroy, to use (up)), from Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną. Cognate with German zehren. Also related with English tear (to rip).

Verb

teren

  1. (intransitive) to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
  2. (intransitive) to live, survive by consumption
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to rot, to decompose, to waste away
  4. (intransitive, archaic) to be digested
Inflection
Inflection of teren (weak)
infinitive teren
past singular teerde
past participle geteerd
infinitive teren
gerund teren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular teerteerde
2nd person sing. (jij) teertteerde
2nd person sing. (u) teertteerde
2nd person sing. (gij) teertteerde
3rd person singular teertteerde
plural terenteerden
subjunctive sing.1 tereteerde
subjunctive plur.1 terenteerden
imperative sing. teer
imperative plur.1 teert
participles terendgeteerd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch teren, terren. Equivalent to teer + -en.

Verb

teren

  1. (transitive) to tar
Inflection
Inflection of teren (weak)
infinitive teren
past singular teerde
past participle geteerd
infinitive teren
gerund teren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular teerteerde
2nd person sing. (jij) teertteerde
2nd person sing. (u) teertteerde
2nd person sing. (gij) teertteerde
3rd person singular teertteerde
plural terenteerden
subjunctive sing.1 tereteerde
subjunctive plur.1 terenteerden
imperative sing. teer
imperative plur.1 teert
participles terendgeteerd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Anagrams


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin terrēnum. Cf. Italian terreno.

Noun

teren m (plural terens)

  1. terrain, ground, land, country

Galician

Verb

teren

  1. third-person plural personal infinitive of ter

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną.

Verb

tēren

  1. to consume, to use up
  2. to eat
  3. to digest

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: teren
  • Limburgish: taere

Further reading

  • teren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • teren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English teran, from Proto-Germanic *teraną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛːrən/, /ˈtɛːrn/

Verb

teren

  1. To tear; to split apart or forcibly separate (often by ripping)
  2. To remove part of a creature's body (often with one's body parts).
  3. To ruin, damage, or destroy garments or hair; to make clothing unusable.
  4. To puncture or impale; to make a hole or indentation in something.
  5. To extract or pull off part of one's body (usually the hair).
  6. To lash; to strike one's skin with a whip or similar implement as to injure.
  7. To pull down or demolish a building; to raze or level.
  8. (usually in the past participle) To make tattered or worn; to overuse.
  9. (rare) To forcibly move or remove.

Conjugation

Usage notes

Weak forms occasionally appear in this verb, possibly from a Class 1 weak Old English *teran (different from attested strong teran).

Descendants

Etymology 2

From tere (tear) + -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛːrən/

Verb

teren (rare)

  1. To cry; to be visibly upset by producing tears.

Conjugation

Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From tere (tear) + -en (plural suffix).

Noun

teren (rare)

  1. plural of tere (tear)

Nauruan

Noun

teren

  1. neck, throat

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.rɛn/
  • (file)

Noun

teren m inan

  1. terrain (area)

Declension

Derived terms

  • terenowy

Further reading

  • teren in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrain, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.

Noun

teren

  1. pitch (the field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)
  2. terrain, plot of land, ground, field, soil

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /těreːn/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ren

Noun

tèrēn m (Cyrillic spelling тѐре̄н)

  1. terrain

Declension

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