Tweed

See also: tweed

English

Proper noun

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

1. A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.

   Synonym: River Tweed

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 296:

     The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.

2. A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
3. An unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States.
4. Tweed Shire, a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, named after the Tweed River.
5. A river in this region of New South Wales.
6. (countable) A surname.

Usage notes

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tweed is the 11456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2750 individuals. Tweed is most common among White (91.6%) individuals.

Derived terms

• Berwick-upon-Tweed
• River Tweed
• Tweedbank
• Tweeddale
• Tweedmouth

See also

• tweed

Anagrams

• dewet, dweet, tewed

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tweed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tviːt/
• Hyphenation: Tweed

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Tweet

Noun

Tweed m (strong, genitive Tweeds, plural Tweeds or Tweede)

1. tweed (cloth)

Declension

Declension of Tweed [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tweed	die	Tweeds, Tweede
genitive	eines	des	Tweeds	der	Tweeds, Tweede
dative	einem	dem	Tweed	den	Tweeds, Tweeden
accusative	einen	den	Tweed	die	Tweeds, Tweede

Further reading

• “Tweed” in Duden online