jeder

• ieder (obsolete)

From Middle High German ieweder, from Old High German ioweder, from io + wedar. Compare English either, Dutch ieder.

Around the 14th century, the word merged with ieder, at which point the dual sense, "both", died out.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeːdɐ/

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jeder

1. each

   Synonym: jedweder

   jedem das Seine ― to each their own

• An indefinite article can precede jeder, and is required in the genitive case. In this case jeder is declined like an adjective.

  Es gibt einen solchen Augenblick im Leben eines jeden. ― There is such a moment in everyone's life.

jeder

1. each, every

   Synonym: jedweder

   jedes Mal ― every time

• An indefinite article can precede jeder, especially in the genitive case. In this case jeder is declined like an adjective.

  Sie ist der Traum eines jeden Mannes. ― She is every man's dream.

• Plural forms may occur with intervals, as in jede zwei Tage (“every two days”). However, this use is dated; one generally says alle zwei Tage.

• “jeder” in Duden online
• “jeder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “jeder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

jeder

1. venom, poison
2. evil-speaking words
3. biting cold

• IPA^(key): /xeˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: je‧der

jeder (first-person singular present jedo, first-person singular preterite jedí, past participle jedido)

1. Alternative form of heder

• “jeder” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010