ouder

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯dər/
  • (file)
  • The noun, unlike the comparative adjective, never exhibits d-weakening.
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯dər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ouder, the comparative form of oud.

Noun

ouder m (plural ouders, diminutive oudertje n)

  1. parent, father or mother; by extension a substitute caregiver
    Hyponyms: moeder, vader
Usage notes

Not to be confused with oudere (elderly person) (plural: ouderen).

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: ouders, ouder

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ouder, from Old Dutch aldar, from Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

ouder m or n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete in most dialects) Synonym of ouderdom (age)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ouder

  1. comparative degree of oud

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch alder, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

ouder n

  1. age
  2. old age
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Substantivised comparative of out.

Noun

ouder m

  1. old person, senior
  2. (in the plural) ancestors, elders
  3. (in the plural) parents
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ouder

  1. comparative degree of out
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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