ridder

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) a knight
2. (masculine,obsolete) one of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae
3. (masculine,obsolete) in particular, the swallowtail, Papilio machaon
4. (masculine) a champion.

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of ridderen:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of ridderen:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of ridderen:

Hyphenated as

rid‧der

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈrɪdər/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch riddere, a variant form of ridere, from Old Dutch *rīdere, from rīdan + -ere (equivalent to modern rijder).