ridder

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) knight
2. (masculine, obsolete) one of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae
3. (masculine, obsolete) one of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae
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:

Concepts

knight

cavalier

ritter

chevalier

gallant

cavalero

Synonyms

paard

🐴

paard in schaakspel

Hyphenated as

rid‧der

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈrɪdər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: riddere

Inherited from Old Dutch: *rīdere

In summary

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