Tenor

Tenor

See also: tenor, tenór, and ténor

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German tenōr, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈnoːr/, [teˈnoːɐ̯], [tə-], [-ˈnɔɐ̯], (Switzerland) [-ˈnoːr]
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Noun

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors or Tenores, plural Tenöre or (rare) Tenore)

  1. (music) tenor
Declension
Declension of Tenor [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tenor die Tenöre, Tenore
genitive eines des Tenors, Tenores der Tenöre, Tenore
dative einem dem Tenor, Tenore1 den Tenören, Tenoren
accusative einen den Tenor die Tenöre, Tenore

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin tenor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈteːnoːr/, [ˈteː.noːɐ̯], [-nɔɐ̯], (Switzerland) [-noːr]

    Noun

    Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors, no plural)

    1. general content, tone and disposition expressed in one or more statements; tenor
      Synonyms: Grundgedanke, Grundton, Grundstimmung
      Der Tenor der Leserbriefe war ganz überwiegend negativ.
      The tenor of letters to the editor was much predominantly negative.
    2. (law, Germany, sometimes Austria) operative part of a court order
      Synonyms: (Germany) Entscheidungsformel, (Switzerland) Dispositiv, (Austria) Urteilsspruch
    Declension
    Declension of Tenor [sg-only, masculine, strong]
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative ein der Tenor
    genitive eines des Tenors
    dative einem dem Tenor
    accusative einen den Tenor
    Derived terms
    •  tenorieren (“to impart an operative part”)

    Further reading

    • “Tenor”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Tenor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Tenor” in Duden online
    • Tenor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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