adder

Meaning

1. (feminine, masculine) viper, adder (snake of the family Viperidae)
2. (feminine, masculine) common viper (Vipera berus)

Concepts

viper

adder

asp

grass snake

whip snake

European adder

viper adder

Synonyms

esculaapslang

hufter

rotzak

schoft

serpent

🐍

fielt

aspis

roofblei

Translations

víbora

Kreuzotter

vipère

Viper

vipera

víbora

οχιά

cobra

🐍

aspis

Natter

couleuvre

έχιδνα

Otter

🦦

marasso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑ.dər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: adder

Inherited from Old Dutch: *nadra

In summary

From Middle Dutch adder, adre, rebracketing of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā.