teder

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. delicate, dainty
  2. gentle, tender, with care
  3. sensitive, tender, easily hurt or damaged

Frequenz

C2
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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.

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