Reiter

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine, strong) rider (one who rides a horse)
2. (historical, masculine, strong) mounted man-at-arms, cuirassier
3. (masculine, strong) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)

Name

a surname

Concepts

rider

horseman

trooper

equestrian

tab

cavalryman

cavalier

riders

troopers

good rider

horseback

horsemen

horsewoman

jockey

mount

passenger

Synonyms

Jockey

Tab

Reitersmann

Kavallerist

Mitfahrer

Reiterin

Passagier

Pferd

🐴

Registerkarte

reitend

Ritter

Springer

Stärke

Rennreiter

Berittener

Fahrer

Mitfahrerin

Fahrgast

Hengst

Herr

👨

Karteikarte

Kavalier

🤵‍♂️

Translations

cavalier

cavaleiro

jinete

ruiter

caballero

cavaliere

süvari

atlı

cavalcatore

binici

genet

cavalière

fantino

onglet

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

rytter

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁaɪ̯tɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: rîter

Inherited from Old High German: rîtari

Cognate with Low German: -

Cognate with Middle High German: -

Cognate with Old English: hridder

Cognate with English: riddle

Cognate with Latin: cribrum

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κρίμνον

In summary

From Middle High German rîter, rîtære, from Old High German rîtari. Not of Proto-Germanic age, but an OHG formation from the verb rītan "to ride" (Anglo-Saxon rîdere and Old Icelandic ríðari are loans from OHG).
Low German has riddere, with short vowel and geminate. Middle High German forms seem to have varied between long and short vowel, riter vs. rîter respectively, the latter giving rise to the separate word Ritter (“knight”).
Lachmann (1827) noted that Middle High German poetry avoided use of the word in rhyming position, indicating that the two forms were used interchangeably.