teren

Betekenis

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

Etymologie

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”).