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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Low Saxon . Doublet of uier.
In the past sometimes used in standard Dutch writing, particularly following its use by the seventeenth-century playwright Joost van den Vondel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑdər/
- Hyphenation: jad‧der
Noun
jadder n or m (plural jadders, diminutive jaddertje n)
- (dialectal) synonym of uier (“udder”)
1805, Joannes le Franq van Berkhey, Natuurlijke historie van het rundvee in Holland, volume 2, page 124:Het uur, de jadders of elders, de melkborsten en prammen der Koeijen vereiſchen hier een nadere beſchrijving.- The udder, the jadders or elders, the milking breasts and tits of cows are here in need of a further description.
References
- P. Weiland (1802) “jadder”, in Nederduitsch taalkundig woordenboek (E-H), Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, page 337