teder

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch teder, teeder, from Old Dutch *tidar, from Proto-Germanic *tidaraz. 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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Adjective

teder (comparative tederder, superlative tederst)

  1. delicate, dainty
  2. sensitive, tender, easily hurt or damaged
  3. gentle, tender, with care
    Hij tilde haar op en hield haar teder in de palm van zijn hand.
    He raised her up and held her tenderly in the palm of his hand.

Inflection
Inflection of teder
uninflected teder
inflected tedere
comparative tederder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial tedertederderhet tederst
het tederste
indefinite m./f. sing. tederetederderetederste
n. sing. tedertederdertederste
plural tederetederderetederste
definite tederetederderetederste
partitive tederstederders—

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