tennis

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tennis c (definite singular tennissen or tennisen)

tennissen (definite singular)
tennisen (definite singular)


tennis

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tennis

“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”

1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]

1918, Violet Hunt, The Last Ditch, page 95:

tennis-balls

1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, […] were familiar to all London.

1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

(obsolete) An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand.

en-noun

tennis (usually uncountable, plural tennises)

→ Armenian: թենիս (tʻenis)

→ Arabic: تِنِس (tinis)

→ Asturian: tenis

→ Basque: tenis

→ Burmese: တင်းနစ် (tang:nac)

→ Catalan: tennis

→ Czech: tenis

→ Danish: tennis

→ Dutch: tennis

→ Finnish: tennis

→ French: tennis

→ Galician: tenis

German: Tennis
→ Estonian: tennis

→ Greek: τένις (ténis)

→ Borôro: el, τένις

→ Hebrew: טניס (ténis)

→ Hindi: टेनिस (ṭenis)

→ Hungarian: tenisz

→ Icelandic: tennis

→ Italian: tennis

→ Japanese: テニス (tenisu)

→ Korean: 테니스 (teniseu)

→ Latvian: teniss

→ Luxembourgish: Tennis

→ Malay: tenis

→ Northern Kurdish: tenîs

→ Norwegian: tennis

→ Persian: تنیس (tenis)

→ Polish: tenis

→ Portuguese: ténis

→ Romanian: tenis

desctree

→ Russian: те́ннис (ténnis)
→ Kazakh: теннис (tennis)

→ Scottish Gaelic: teanas

→ Serbo-Croatian: ténis / те́нис

→ Slovene: tenis

→ Spanish: tenis

→ Swahili: tenisi

→ Swedish: tennis

desc

→ Telugu: టెన్నిసు (ṭennisu), టెన్నిస్ (ṭennis)

→ Thai: เทนนิส (ten-nít)

→ Turkish: tenis

→ Ukrainian: те́ніс (ténis)

→ Uzbek: tennis

→ Walloon: tenisse

→ Yiddish: טעניס (tenis)

tennis

sport played by two or four players with strung racquets

From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).

der

second-person plural imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">tenir</i> (“to hold”)


tennis

they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them

1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:

(transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.

en-verb

tennis (third-person singular simple present tennises, present participle tennising, simple past and past participle tennised)

tennises (present singular third-person)
tennising (participle present)
tennised (participle past)
tennised (past)


tennis

head

tennis (genitive tennise, partitive tennist)


tennis

tennis (nominative singular)
tennikset (nominative plural)
tennis (accusative nominative singular)
tennikset (accusative nominative plural)
tenniksen (accusative genitive singular)
tennikset (accusative genitive plural)
tenniksen (genitive singular)
tennisten (genitive plural)
tenniksien (genitive plural)
tennistä (partitive singular)
tenniksiä (partitive plural)
tenniksessä (inessive singular)
tenniksissä (inessive plural)
tenniksestä (elative singular)
tenniksistä (elative plural)
tennikseen (illative singular)
tenniksiin (illative plural)
tenniksellä (adessive singular)
tenniksillä (adessive plural)
tennikseltä (ablative singular)
tenniksiltä (ablative plural)
tennikselle (allative singular)
tenniksille (allative plural)
tenniksenä (essive singular)
tenniksinä (essive plural)
tennikseksi (singular translative)
tenniksiksi (plural translative)
tenniksettä (abessive singular)
tenniksittä (abessive plural)
tenniksin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
tennikseni (nominative singular)
tennikseni (nominative plural)
tennikseni (accusative nominative singular)
tennikseni (accusative nominative plural)
tennikseni (accusative genitive singular)
tennikseni (accusative genitive plural)
tennikseni (genitive singular)
tennisteni (genitive plural)
tenniksieni (genitive plural)
tennistäni (partitive singular)
tenniksiäni (partitive plural)
tenniksessäni (inessive singular)
tenniksissäni (inessive plural)
tenniksestäni (elative singular)
tenniksistäni (elative plural)
tennikseeni (illative singular)
tenniksiini (illative plural)
tennikselläni (adessive singular)
tenniksilläni (adessive plural)
tennikseltäni (ablative singular)
tenniksiltäni (ablative plural)
tennikselleni (allative singular)
tenniksilleni (allative plural)
tenniksenäni (essive singular)
tenniksinäni (essive plural)
tenniksekseni (singular translative)
tenniksikseni (plural translative)
tenniksettäni (abessive singular)
tenniksittäni (abessive plural)
tenniksineni (comitative plural)
tenniksesi (nominative singular)
tenniksesi (nominative plural)
tenniksesi (accusative nominative singular)
tenniksesi (accusative nominative plural)
tenniksesi (accusative genitive singular)
tenniksesi (accusative genitive plural)
tenniksesi (genitive singular)
tennistesi (genitive plural)
tenniksiesi (genitive plural)
tennistäsi (partitive singular)
tenniksiäsi (partitive plural)
tenniksessäsi (inessive singular)
tenniksissäsi (inessive plural)
tenniksestäsi (elative singular)
tenniksistäsi (elative plural)
tennikseesi (illative singular)
tenniksiisi (illative plural)
tennikselläsi (adessive singular)
tenniksilläsi (adessive plural)
tennikseltäsi (ablative singular)
tenniksiltäsi (ablative plural)
tenniksellesi (allative singular)
tenniksillesi (allative plural)
tenniksenäsi (essive singular)
tenniksinäsi (essive plural)
tennikseksesi (singular translative)
tenniksiksesi (plural translative)
tenniksettäsi (abessive singular)
tenniksittäsi (abessive plural)
tenniksinesi (comitative plural)
tenniksemme (nominative singular)
tenniksemme (nominative plural)
tenniksemme (accusative nominative singular)
tenniksemme (accusative nominative plural)
tenniksemme (accusative genitive singular)
tenniksemme (accusative genitive plural)
tenniksemme (genitive singular)
tennistemme (genitive plural)
tenniksiemme (genitive plural)
tennistämme (partitive singular)
tenniksiämme (partitive plural)
tenniksessämme (inessive singular)
tenniksissämme (inessive plural)
tenniksestämme (elative singular)
tenniksistämme (elative plural)
tennikseemme (illative singular)
tenniksiimme (illative plural)
tenniksellämme (adessive singular)
tenniksillämme (adessive plural)
tennikseltämme (ablative singular)
tenniksiltämme (ablative plural)
tenniksellemme (allative singular)
tenniksillemme (allative plural)
tenniksenämme (essive singular)
tenniksinämme (essive plural)
tennikseksemme (singular translative)
tenniksiksemme (plural translative)
tenniksettämme (abessive singular)
tenniksittämme (abessive plural)
tenniksinemme (comitative plural)
tenniksenne (nominative singular)
tenniksenne (nominative plural)
tenniksenne (accusative nominative singular)
tenniksenne (accusative nominative plural)
tenniksenne (accusative genitive singular)
tenniksenne (accusative genitive plural)
tenniksenne (genitive singular)
tennistenne (genitive plural)
tenniksienne (genitive plural)
tennistänne (partitive singular)
tenniksiänne (partitive plural)
tenniksessänne (inessive singular)
tenniksissänne (inessive plural)
tenniksestänne (elative singular)
tenniksistänne (elative plural)
tennikseenne (illative singular)
tenniksiinne (illative plural)
tenniksellänne (adessive singular)
tenniksillänne (adessive plural)
tennikseltänne (ablative singular)
tenniksiltänne (ablative plural)
tenniksellenne (allative singular)
tenniksillenne (allative plural)
tenniksenänne (essive singular)
tenniksinänne (essive plural)
tennikseksenne (singular translative)
tenniksiksenne (plural translative)
tenniksettänne (abessive singular)
tenniksittänne (abessive plural)
tenniksinenne (comitative plural)
tenniksensä (nominative singular)
tenniksensä (nominative plural)
tenniksensä (accusative nominative singular)
tenniksensä (accusative nominative plural)
tenniksensä (accusative genitive singular)
tenniksensä (accusative genitive plural)
tenniksensä (genitive singular)
tennistensä (genitive plural)
tenniksiensä (genitive plural)
tennistään (partitive singular)
tennistänsä (partitive singular)
tenniksiään (partitive plural)
tenniksiänsä (partitive plural)
tenniksessään (inessive singular)
tenniksessänsä (inessive singular)
tenniksissään (inessive plural)
tenniksissänsä (inessive plural)
tenniksestään (elative singular)
tenniksestänsä (elative singular)
tenniksistään (elative plural)
tenniksistänsä (elative plural)
tennikseensä (illative singular)
tenniksiinsä (illative plural)
tenniksellään (adessive singular)
tenniksellänsä (adessive singular)
tenniksillään (adessive plural)
tenniksillänsä (adessive plural)
tennikseltään (ablative singular)
tennikseltänsä (ablative singular)
tenniksiltään (ablative plural)
tenniksiltänsä (ablative plural)
tennikselleen (allative singular)
tenniksellensä (allative singular)
tenniksilleen (allative plural)
tenniksillensä (allative plural)
tenniksenään (essive singular)
tenniksenänsä (essive singular)
tenniksinään (essive plural)
tenniksinänsä (essive plural)
tenniksekseen (singular translative)
tennikseksensä (singular translative)
tenniksikseen (plural translative)
tenniksiksensä (plural translative)
tenniksettään (abessive singular)
tenniksettänsä (abessive singular)
tenniksittään (abessive plural)
tenniksittänsä (abessive plural)
tenniksineen (comitative plural)
tenniksinensä (comitative plural)


tennis

tennis m (genitive singular tenniss, no plural)

tenniss (genitive singular)
tennis (indefinite nominative singular)
tennisinn (definite nominative singular)
tennis (accusative indefinite singular)
tennisinn (accusative definite singular)
tennis (dative indefinite singular)
tennisnum (dative definite singular)
tenniss (genitive indefinite singular)
tennissins (definite genitive singular)


tennis

tennis (indefinite nominative uncountable)
tennisen (definite nominative uncountable)
tennis (genitive indefinite uncountable)
tennisens (definite genitive uncountable)