Eider

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪdə/ Rhymes: -aɪdə === Proper noun === Eider A river in Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === redie == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯dər/, [ˈʔaɪ̯dɐ] === Etymology 1 === 18th century, from Icelandic æður, from Old Norse æðr, probably reaching German via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root. ==== Noun ==== Eider f (genitive Eider, plural Eidern) (chiefly in compounds) eider (bird) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Eiderente Eiderdaune Eidergans Eidervogel === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== die Eider f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Eider) Eider (a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) ===== Usage notes ===== Until 1864, the Eider was the southern border of Denmark, though most of the areas now in Germany were predominantly West Germanic-speaking (Frisian, Low German, and later High German). Nevertheless there remains today a small minority of Danish-speakers north of the Eider. ===== Derived terms ===== Eiderdäne Eidergrenze == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German Euter, Dutch uier, English udder. === Noun === Eider n (plural Eider) udder