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], [teˈnoːr]

Noun

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors or Tenores, plural Tenöre or 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/, [ˈteːnoːɐ̯], [ˈteːnoːr]

Noun

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors, no plural)

  1. essence of argumentation, tenor (tone, as of a conversation)
  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
  • “Tenor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Tenor” in Duden online
  • Tenor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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