Tee

See also: TEE, tee, teè, and têe

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.

Anagrams

• EET

Alemannic German

Noun

Tee m (diminutive Teeli)

1. Alternative spelling of Thee

German

Etymology 1

Derived from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/, [tʰeː]
• Rhymes: -eː

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Noun

Tee m (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

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

Declension

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

Declension of Tee [masculine, strong]

Derived terms

• Algentee
• Beuteltee
• Darjeeling-Tee
• einen im Tee haben
• Früchtetee
• grüner Tee
• Grüntee
• Heiltee
• 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

• → German Low German: Tee
  • Plautdietsch: Tee
• → Estonian: tee
• → Hunsrik: Tee
• → Lower Sorbian: tej
• → Romansch: te, té, tè
• → Saterland Frisian: Tee
• → Silesian: tyj
  • → Slovene: (dialectal) te
• → Silesian East Central German: Tee
• → Vilamovian: tyy
• → Zipser German: Tee

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/, [tʰiː]
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

1. (golf) tee

Declension

	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

Declension of Tee [neuter, strong]

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

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeː/

Noun

Tee m (plural Tee)

1. maté (hot drink made from the Ilex paraguarensis plant)

   Synonym: Matt

   Vaam-mer en Tee drinke?

   Let's drink some maté?

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

Zipser German

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee

1. tea (drink)

References

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