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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as rede in 1275. Derived from a hydronym cognate to Old English rīþ (“stream”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ried n
- A village in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German riet, from Old High German riot, hriot, riod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”), but with no certain cognates outside of Germanic (cf. Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to dig”), Lithuanian ravė́ti (“to weed”) ?).
- Reet (Low German equivalent, now also common in standard German)
Noun
Ried n (strong, genitive Riedes or Rieds, plural Riede)
- reed
- Synonym: Schilf
Declension
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Ried m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rieds or (with an article) Ried, feminine genitive Ried, plural Rieds)
- a surname
Further reading
- “Ried” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German reda. Cognate with German Rede, Dutch rede.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ried f (plural Rieden)
- speech, address, talk
- language, speech (way of speaking)
- discourse, conversation