teder

Meaning

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

Concepts

tender

tenderly

gentle

fond

dainty

gently

refined

delicate

fine

sensitive

slenderly

soft

softly

sweetly

tactfully

affectionate

bragly

awkward

daintily

fondly

loving

milky

pious

piously

queasily

Synonyms

teer

delicaat

fijn

tactvol

kies

gevoelig

kieskeurig

iel

zwak

liefhebbend

lief

aanhalig

Translations

tendrement

zart

délicat

delikat

fein

tendre

fino

affettuoso

grácil

gelinde

délicatement

zärtlich

brando

delicado

meigo

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: teder

Inherited from Old Dutch: *tidar

Cognate with Western Frisian: tear

Cognate with English: tidder

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.