Adder

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German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German nader, from Old Saxon nadra.

Cognate with German Otter, Dutch adder, English adder, Icelandic naðra.

Pronunciation

Noun

Adder f (plural Adders) (Westphalian)

  1. snake, adder
  2. bad girl

Descendants

  • → Saterland Frisian: Adder

References

  • Woeste, Fr. (1882) “adder”, in Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung; I) (in German), Norden, Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag, →ISBN, page 2: “natter, böses mädchen”

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German nātere, from Old High German nātara, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā.

Cognate with German Otter, Dutch adder, English adder, Icelandic naðra.

Pronunciation

Noun

Adder f (plural Adderen)

  1. grass snake

Saterland Frisian

n Adder.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Adder, from Middle Low German nader, from Old Saxon nadra, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā. Doublet of Neder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈadər/
  • Hyphenation: Ad‧der

Noun

Adder f (plural Adderje)

  1. common European viper (Vipera berus)

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Adder”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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