Rüde

Meaning

1. (masculine,weak) male dog (male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive), also used for certain other mammals)
2. (masculine,weak) hound, foxhound
3. (archaic,masculine,weak) herding dog, guard dog (strong male dog used for certain tasks)

Concepts

male dog

dog

🐕

buck

useless

wasteful

Rüde

he-wolf

counterfeit

inferior

Synonyms

barsch

Bock

grob

Rammler

rau

uneben

Wauwau

Welpe

dumm

Wolfsrüde

Hund

🐕

Hündin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁyːdə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: rüde, rüd

Inherited from Old High German: rudio

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κόρυζα

Cognate with Old English: hrot

Cognate with Old Norse: hrjóta

Cognate with Dutch: reu

Cognate with Low German: Rühe

In summary

From Middle High German rüde, rüd, from Old High German rudio, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“male dog”), possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutan-, *hrūtan-, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.
Cognate to Dutch reu, probably also to Low German Rühe (“dog”).