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.

Related terms

• Tenorposaune, Tenorsänger, Tenorstimme
• Heldentenor

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