teder

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch teder, teeder, from Old Dutch *tidar, from Proto-Germanic *tidaraz, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from the same source as *taitaz (“delicate, tender”).

Cognate with German Low German teder (“fine; delicate; thin; sensitive; tender; weak”). Compare also West Frisian tear (“weak; not strong”), English tidder.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːdər

Adjective

teder (comparative tederder, superlative tederst)

1. delicate, dainty
2. gentle, tender, with care

   Hij tilde haar op en hield haar teder in de palm van zijn hand.

   He raised her up and held her tenderly in the palm of his hand.

3. sensitive, tender, easily hurt or damaged

Declension

Declension of teder
uninflected	teder
inflected	tedere
comparative	tederder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		teder	tederder	het tederst het tederste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	tedere	tederdere	tederste
	n. sing.	teder	tederder	tederste
	plural	tedere	tederdere	tederste
definite		tedere	tederdere	tederste
partitive		teders	tederders	—

Derived terms

• tederheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: teder

Anagrams

• reedt, trede, treed