modder

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English

WOTD – 22 June 2025

Pronunciation

A modder working in a makerspace.

Etymology 1

From mod (“to modify (an object) from its original condition”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

modder (plural modders)

  1. (informal) Often preceded by a descriptive word: one who modifies a mass-manufactured object, especially computer hardware or software, or a motor vehicle.
    • 2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the March of the ‘Mods’”, in Rail, number 937, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62:
      Content creators (or ‘modders’) are individuals who create additional content for computer games. The creation of 3D models requires a lot of skill, with modders needing to have knowledge of 3D design software and coding so that the models can function within the game itself.
  • mod (“modification”, noun)
  • mod (“to modify (something) from its original condition”, verb)
  • modding (noun)
  • modify
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Etymology 2

From mod +‎ -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives).

Adjective

modder

  1. comparative form of mod: more mod

References

  1. ^ “modder, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2023; “modder, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch modder (“filth”), from Proto-Germanic *muþraz. Cognate to German Low German modder (“mud”).

Pronunciation

Noun

modder m (uncountable)

  1. mud
    Synonym: slijk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: modder
  • Negerhollands: moder

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “mother”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*muþraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

Middle English

Noun

modder

  1. alternative form of moder
    • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, Adam Islip:
      Putte: f. A wench, laſſe, girle, modder; (eſpecially one that is no better than ſhe ſhould be.)
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