teren

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
2. (intransitive) to live, survive by consumption
3. (archaic, intransitive) to rot, to decompose, to waste away
4. (archaic, intransitive) to be digested

Sinonieme

kwijnen

verteren

zwart

leven van

pekken

Vertalings

tar

alcatroar

teeren

goudronner

alquitranar

katranlamak

enquitranar

katran sürmek

tar

cobrir com alcatrão

tar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: tēren

Geërf van Old Dutch: *terien

Verwante met Duits: zehren

Verwante met Engels: tear

Geërf van Middle Dutch: teren

In summary

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”).