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ridder

/ɹˈɪdɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
rid-der
IPA
/ɹˈɪdɚ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a sieve

verb

to sieve; sift; riddle

Transitive verb

noun

One who, or that which, rids.

name

A city in East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan; formerly, Leninogorsk.

name

A surname.

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ridder, hridder, *hrīdrā, *hrīdrą, *krey-, riddren

Usage

Inflected Forms

ridders (plural) ridders (present, singular) riddering (participle, present) riddered (participle, past) riddered (past)

Rhymes With

consider reconsider bidder kidder sidor widder

Questions

How do you pronounce ridder?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɪdɚ/.
What does ridder mean?
a sieve
Where does ridder come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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