# 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: [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)

#### Derived terms

* ridderlig ("chivalrous")
* ridderskab ("knighthood")

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɪdər/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

* anaalridder
* anusridder
* hospitaalridder
* kruisridder
* moraalridder
* orderidder
* ridderkapel
* ridderlijk
* ridderorde
* ridderroman
* ridderschap
* ridderspoor
* riddertijd
* riddervaan
* ridderzuring
* ridderzwaard
* rijksridder
* roofridder
* tempelridder
* Vliesridder
* zwaanridder

##### 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: /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.