Terzine
German, noun/tɛʁˈt͡siːnə/
Terzine is a German feminine noun meaning “tercet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lyrische Strophenform aus elfsilbigen Dreizeilern, die im Kettenreim miteinander verbunden sind und mit einer…”.
What does Terzine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetercet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lyrische Strophenform aus elfsilbigen Dreizeilern, die im Kettenreim miteinander verbunden sind und mit einer einzelnen synkopischen Zeile abschließen
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 Terzine
- Terzinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Terzine?
- /tɛʁˈt͡siːnə/
- [tɛʁˈt͡siːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Terzine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Terzine in German?
Terzine appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).