ridder

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noun

a sieve

OriginMiddle English ridder ← Old English hridder ← Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā →
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Meanings

ridder1

nounridder (plural ridders)

plural ridders

  1. dialectala sieve

ridder2

verbridder (third-person singular simple present ridders, present participle riddering, simple past and past participle riddered)

present singular third person ridders · participle present riddering · participle past riddered · past riddered

  1. transitiveto sieve; sift; riddle

ridder3

nounridder (plural ridders)

plural ridders

  1. One who, or that which, rids.

Ridder4

proper nounRidder (plural Ridders)

plural Ridders

  1. A city in East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan; formerly, Leninogorsk.
  2. A surname.

Origin

ridder · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krey-“to divide; part; separate; sift”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hrīdrą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hrīdrā
  4. Old Englishhridder“sieve”
  5. Middle Englishridder
  6. Englishridder

From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).

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ridder · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*hrīdrōną“to sieve; sift”
  2. Old Englishhridrian
  3. Middle Englishriddren
  4. Englishridder

From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above.

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ridder · noun

From rid + -er.

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Ridder · proper noun

; surname

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

ridder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ridder

MLA

“ridder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ridder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ridder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ridder.

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