Team

See also: team and teám

English

Etymology

Possibly of Brythonic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European but the exact root is unclear, with suggestions including *temH- (“dark”), *temh₁- (“to cut”), and *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”).

Proper noun

Team

1. A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.

References

• James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The Brittonic Language in the Old North.

Anagrams

• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Tema, mate, maté, meat, meta, meta-, tame

German

Etymology

Ca. 1900, from English team. Doublet of Zaum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːm/

• Audio

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Noun

Team n (strong, genitive Teams, plural Teams)

1. (sports) team

   Synonyms: Mannschaft, Truppe

   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 5/2010, page 101:

     Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen […]

     A team of 20 top mountain climbers from Nepal wants to head to the summit region of Mount Everest at the end of April, […]

2. (work) team
   1. group of people working together for a particular project

      Synonym: Arbeitsgruppe

   2. staff, personnel

      Synonyms: Personal, Belegschaft

Declension

Declension of Team [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Team	die	Teams
genitive	eines	des	Teams	der	Teams
dative	einem	dem	Team	den	Teams
accusative	ein	das	Team	die	Teams

Derived terms

• teamfähig
• Teamgeist

Further reading

• “Team” in Duden online
• “Team” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache