Tee
German, noun/teː/
Tee is spelled T-E-E (3 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tee is a German masculine noun meaning “tea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teedroge oder der fertige Teeaufguss aus den getrockneten oder mehr oder weniger fermentierten getrockneten…”.
What does Tee mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)
noun
- 1
neutertee
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teedroge oder der fertige Teeaufguss aus den getrockneten oder mehr oder weniger fermentierten getrockneten Laubblättern des Teestrauchs 2. Teeaufguss aus unterschiedlichen Teedrogen (unterschiedlichen Pflanzenarten, -sorten oder -teilen) 3. gesellige Stunde am Nachmittag
noun: 1. kleiner Stift, auf den der abzuschlagende Golfball gesetzt wird 2. ebene Fläche, von der der Golfball abgeschlagen wird
abbreviation: 1. Trans-Europ-Express
abbreviation: 1. transösophageale Echokardiographie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Tee
- Tees genitive
- Thee alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tee?
- /teː/
- /tiː/
- [teː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tee
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tee in German?
Tee appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).