tieren

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

tieren c

  1. definite singular of tier

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch tieren, from Proto-West Germanic *tiari- (“neat, splendid”), from Proto-Germanic *diH-or-i-.[1] The ultimate origin is uncertain, but cognate with Old Norse tærr (“clear (water)”), which could be related to tár (“tear”) << Proto-Germanic *tahrą.[2]

Cognate with German zieren, and also sieren which was borrowed from Middle High German.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Rhymes: -irən

Verb[edit]

tieren

  1. to thrive, prosper
  2. to make a fuss, to rant

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of tieren (weak)
infinitive tieren
past singular tierde
past participle getierd
infinitive tieren
gerund tieren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tier tierde
2nd person sing. (jij) tiert tierde
2nd person sing. (u) tiert tierde
2nd person sing. (gij) tiert tierde
3rd person singular tiert tierde
plural tieren tierden
subjunctive sing.1 tiere tierde
subjunctive plur.1 tieren tierden
imperative sing. tier
imperative plur.1 tiert
participles tierend getierd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tairi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506
  2. ^ “tærr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

tieren m

  1. definite singular of tier
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