ridder

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).

Noun

ridder (plural ridders)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) a sieve

Etymology 2

From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above.

Verb

ridder (third-person singular simple present ridders, present participle riddering, simple past and past participle riddered)

  1. (transitive) to sieve; sift; riddle

Etymology 3

rid +‎ -er

Noun

ridder (plural ridders)

  1. One who, or that which, rids.

Anagrams

Danish

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Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) +‎ -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare.

Pronunciation

Noun

ridder c (singular definite ridderen, plural indefinite riddere)

  1. (historical) knight (a medieval horseman)
  2. knight (a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch)
  3. (historical) knight (a member of the equestrian order in Ancient Rome)

Declension

Declension of ridder
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ridder ridderen riddere ridderne
genitive ridders ridderens ridderes riddernes

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪdər/
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  • Hyphenation: rid‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɪdər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch riddere, a variant form of ridere, from Old Dutch *rīdere, from rīdan +‎ -ere (equivalent to modern rijder).

Noun

ridder m (plural ridders, diminutive riddertje n)

  1. A knight.
  2. (obsolete) One of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae.
    1. (obsolete) In particular, the swallowtail, Papilio machaon.
  3. A champion. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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  • Afrikaans: ridder

Etymology 2

Verb

ridder

  1. inflection of ridderen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Low German

Etymology

Alteration of the verb rider. Cognate with Dutch ridder and German Ritter (“knight”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ridder m (older plural riddere, younger/regional plural ridders)

  1. a knight, an armored professional soldier usually employing a horse
  2. a rider, someone who rides (regularly or professionally)

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Descendants

  • Danish: ridder

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) +‎ -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare.

Noun

ridder m (definite singular ridderen, indefinite plural riddere, definite plural ridderne)

  1. a knight

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References

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