ridder

== 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) (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) (transitive) to sieve; sift; riddle === Etymology 3 === From rid + -er. ==== Noun ==== ridder (plural ridders) One who, or that which, rids. === Anagrams === drider == Danish == === 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 === IPA(key): [ˈʁiðˀɐ] === Noun === ridder c (singular definite ridderen, plural indefinite riddere) (historical) knight (a medieval horseman) knight (a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch) (historical) knight (a member of the equestrian order in Ancient Rome) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ridderlig ("chivalrous") ridderskab ("knighthood") == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɪdər/ 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) knight (obsolete) one of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae (obsolete, particularly) synonym of koninginnenpage (“swallowtail”) (Papilio machaon) a champion (Can we verify(+) this sense?) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ruiter ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: ridder === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== ridder inflection of ridderen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Middle Low German == === Etymology === Alteration of the verb rider. Cognate with Dutch ridder and German Ritter (“knight”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɪdːər/ === Noun === ridder m (older plural riddere, younger/regional plural ridders) a knight, an armored professional soldier usually employing a horse a rider, someone who rides (regularly or professionally) ==== Related terms ==== rider (someone who rides) riden ==== Descendants ==== Danish: ridder == Norwegian Bokmål == === 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) a knight ==== Derived terms ==== ridderspore === References === “ridder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.