rüütel

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Etymology

From Middle Low German rü̂ter. The word-final r has adapted to l due to the word-initial r. First attested in 1524.

Pronunciation

Noun

rüütel (genitive rüütli, partitive rüütlit)

  1. (historical) knight (heavy-armed horseman, especially in medieval Western Europe)
  2. (literary) knight (admirer and defender of some person or idea)
  3. (figurative) knight, cavalier, gallant (brave and chivalrous man)

Declension

Declension of rüütel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rüütel rüütlid
accusative nom.
gen. rüütli
genitive rüütlite
partitive rüütlit rüütleid
illative rüütlisse rüütlitesse
rüütleisse
inessive rüütlis rüütlites
rüütleis
elative rüütlist rüütlitest
rüütleist
allative rüütlile rüütlitele
rüütleile
adessive rüütlil rüütlitel
rüütleil
ablative rüütlilt rüütlitelt
rüütleilt
translative rüütliks rüütliteks
rüütleiks
terminative rüütlini rüütliteni
essive rüütlina rüütlitena
abessive rüütlita rüütliteta
comitative rüütliga rüütlitega

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Compounds

References

  • rüütel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • rüütel”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • Jüri Viikberg (2016) “rüütel”, in Alamsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [Low German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)