Noun: Terz
Gender: Feminine, Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine; ein Terz |
| Plural | Terzen |
Definite
| Singular | die; der Terz |
| Plural | die Terzen |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | einer; eines Terz; Terzes |
| Plural | Terzen |
Definite
| Singular | der; des Terz; Terzes |
| Plural | der Terzen |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einer; einem Terz; Terze |
| Plural | Terzen |
Definite
| Singular | der; dem Terz; Terze |
| Plural | den Terzen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine; einen Terz |
| Plural | Terzen |
Definite
| Singular | die; den Terz |
| Plural | die Terzen |
Sample Sentences
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kleine Terz (minor third)
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große Terz (major third)
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Bei den Dreiklängen ist ferner die Terz von Gewicht, da sich in ihr große und kleine Dreiklänge, Dur und Moll unterscheiden. (For triads, the third is also of import, since through it minor and major triads, minor and major tonality are distinguished.) [1875, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition, Breitkopf & Härtel, page 135:]
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Herr Bruder, ich habe die Ehre, dir hier den unvergleichlichen Kavalier Pinassa vorzustellen, den berühmtesten Fechter seiner Zeit; denn es gelang ihm, durch eine unbesiegliche Terz-Quart-Terz, mich, bedenke mich, den Senior des Amizistenordens, in Leipzigs unvergeßlichem Rosenthal hors de combat zu machen. (My brother, I have the honor of introducing to you the unmatched Cavalier Pinassa, the most famous fencer of his time; for he succeeded, through an undefeatable tierce-quart-tierce [sequence], at defeating me, mind you, me, the senior of the amicist order, in the unforgettable Rosenthal [park] in Leipzig.) [1827, Wilhelm Hauff, chapter 2, in Jud Süß:]
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle High German tërzje, tërze, from Latin tertia. Doublet of Tertia.
2. The musical sense was a later semantic loan from Italian terza. See: Latin Nouns '
tertia'.
Verbs referencing "Terz"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
ters, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
ters, Hungarian Nouns
terc.
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