ridder

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

rid +‎ -er

Anagrams

• drider

Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”). Compare late Old Norse riddari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ridər/, [ˈʁiðˀɐ]

Noun

ridder c (singular definite ridderen, plural indefinite riddere)

1. knight

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪdər/

Noun

ridder m (plural ridders, diminutive riddertje n)

1. knight

Verb

ridder

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

Etymology

Alteration of rider. From riden (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. Cognate with Dutch ridder and German Ritter (“knight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪdːər/

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)

Noun

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

1. knight

References

• “ridder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.