team

Meaning

team (group of people)

Concepts

team

detachment

shift

unit

squad

force

group

bunch

crew

band

side

Synonyms

afdeling

detachement

ploeg

groep

groepering

equipe

gezelschap

bemanning

elftal

teamlid

Translations

equipe

équipe

equipo

groupe

turno

destacamento

turma

destacamento

Abteilung

brigata

Mannschaft

grupo

Detachement

gruppo

grûb

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tiːm/

Etymology

Borrowed from English: team

In summary

Borrowed from English team, from Middle English teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Doublet of toom.

Sentences

Het toernooi was net begonnen , maar het team moest al naar huis .

The tournament had just started, but the team already had to go home.

Het team had in een half jaar het project voltooid .

The team had completed the project in six months.

De spits van het team scoorde twee keer in de wedstrijd .

The striker of the team scored twice in the match.