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See also: téren and terén

Basque

Noun

teren

  1. genitive indefinite of te

Crimean Tatar

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: te‧ren

Adjective

teren

  1. deep, profound
  2. dark (with compound words)

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tēren (“to destroy, to use (up)”), from Old Dutch *terien, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, related to *teraną (“to tear, rip apart”). 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
Conjugation
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Conjugation 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) teert, teer2teerde
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. 2) In case of inversion.
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

teren

  1. (transitive) to tar
Conjugation
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Conjugation 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) teert, teer2teerde
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. 2) In case of inversion.
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Derived terms

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

tere (“on the ground”) +‎ -n

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈteren]
  • Rhymes: -eren
  • Hyphenation: te‧ren

Adverb

teren

  1. to the ground, onto the ground
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 21, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      La popolo, en festaj vestoj, kun branĉetoj en la manoj, formis spaliron kaj kriis, kantis aŭ falis teren antaŭ la kronprinco.
      The people, in festive clothes and with twigs in their hands, formed a row and shouted, sang, or fell to the ground in front of the crown prince.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin terrēnum. Cf. Italian terreno.

Pronunciation

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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, related to *teraną (“to tear, rip apart”).

Verb

tēren

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

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: teren
  • Limburgish: taere

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English teran, from Proto-West Germanic *teran, from Proto-Germanic *teraną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛːrən/, /ˈtɛːrn/

Verb

teren (third-person singular simple present tereth, present participle terynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tar, past participle torn)

  1. To tear; to split apart or off (often by ripping):
    1. To tear off a body part (often by hand).
    2. To pull out hair (or another body part).
  2. To ruin; to devastate:
    1. To damage or destroy garments or hair.
    2. To demolish a building; to raze or level.
    3. (usually in the past participle) To make tattered or worn; to overuse.
  3. To puncture or impale; to make a hole.
  4. To lash; to strike skin with a whip.
  5. (rare) To forcibly move or remove.
Usage notes

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

Conjugation
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Conjugation of teren (strong class 4)
infinitive (to) teren, tere, tern
present tense past tense
1st-person singular tere tar, tor
2nd-person singular terest tere, tore, tar, tor
3rd-person singular tereth tar, tor
subjunctive singular tere tere1, tore1
imperative singular —
plural2 teren, tere, tern teren, tere, toren, tore
imperative plural tereth, tere —
participles terynge, terende toren, tore, torn, ytoren, ytore
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1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From teer (“tear”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

teren (third-person singular simple present tereth, present participle terende, terynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tered) (rare)

  2. To cry; to produce tears.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of teren (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) teren, tere
present tense past tense
1st-person singular tere tered
2nd-person singular terest teredest
3rd-person singular tereth tered
subjunctive singular tere
imperative singular —
plural1 teren, tere tereden, terede
imperative plural tereth, tere —
participles terynge, terende tered, ytered
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1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References

Etymology 3

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

Noun

teren (rare)

  1. plural of teer (“tear”)

Nauruan

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Noun

teren

  1. neck, throat

Polish

Romanian

Serbo-Croatian

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