Reiter

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See also: reiter

German

Reiter (widget)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German rîter, rîtære, from Old High German rîtari. Not of Proto-Germanic age, but an OHG formation from the verb rītan "to ride" (Anglo-Saxon rîdere and Old Icelandic ríðari are loans from OHG).

Low German has riddere, with short vowel and geminate. Middle High German forms seem to have varied between long and short vowel, riter vs. rîter respectively, the latter giving rise to the separate word Ritter (“knight”). Lachmann (1827) noted that Middle High German poetry avoided use of the word in rhyming position, indicating that the two forms were used interchangeably.[1]

Noun

Reiter m (strong, genitive Reiters, plural Reiter, feminine Reiterin)

  1. rider (one who rides a horse)
  2. (military, historical) mounted man-at-arms, cuirassier
    Synonyms: Kürassier, Kavallerist
  3. (graphical user interface) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)
    Synonym: Registerkarte
Declension
Declension of Reiter
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Reiter die Reiter
genitive eines des Reiters der Reiter
dative einem dem Reiter den Reitern
accusative einen den Reiter die Reiter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German rītere, from Old High German rîtera, attested as glossing cribrum, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā (“sieve”). Cognate with Old English hridder (English riddle (“sieve”)); also Latin cribrum, Ancient Greek κρίμνον (krímnon) (κρίνω (krínō)). Early New High German forms reyter, raiter, reuter.

Noun

Reiter f (genitive Reiter, plural Reiter)

  1. (archaic except Austria) winnowing sieve
Declension
Declension of Reiter
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Reiter die Reiter
genitive einer der Reiter der Reiter
dative einer der Reiter den Reitern
accusative eine die Reiter die Reiter

Proper noun

Reiter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Reiters or (with an article) Reiter, feminine genitive Reiter, plural Reiters or Reiter)

  1. a surname

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Georg Friedrich Benecke und Karl Lachmann, Iwein. Hartmann von Aue (1827).
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