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Is ridder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ridder is a Scrabble US word. The word ridder is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is ridder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ridder is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

RIDDER,

5-letter words (6 found)

DIRER,DRIED,DRIER,REDID,REIRD,RIDER,

4-letter words (6 found)

DEID,DIED,DIRE,IRED,REDD,RIDE,

3-letter words (9 found)

DEI,DID,DIE,ERR,IDE,IRE,RED,REI,RID,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,DI,ED,ER,ID,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 29 words from ridder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ridder

ridder

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

ridder (plural ridders)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) a sieve

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to sieve; sift; riddle

Etymology 3

rid +‎ -er

Noun

ridder (plural ridders)

  1. One who, or that which, rids.

Anagrams

  • drider

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) +‎ -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁiðˀɐ]

Noun

ridder c (singular definite ridderen, plural indefinite riddere)

  1. (historical) knight (a medieval horseman)
  2. knight (a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch)
  3. (historical) knight (a member of the equestrian order in Ancient Rome)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ridderlig ("chivalrous")
  • ridderskab ("knighthood")

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪdər/
  • Hyphenation: rid‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɪdər

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ridder m (plural ridders, diminutive riddertje n)

  1. A knight.
  2. (obsolete) One of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae.
    1. (obsolete) In particular, the swallowtail, Papilio machaon.
  3. A champion. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Derived terms
  • anaalridder
  • anusridder
  • hospitaalridder
  • kruisridder
  • moraalridder
  • orderidder
  • ridderkapel
  • ridderlijk
  • ridderorde
  • ridderschap
  • riddertijd
  • ridderroman
  • riddervaan
  • ridderspoor
  • ridderzuring
  • ridderzwaard
  • rijksridder
  • roofridder
  • tempelridder
  • Vliesridder
  • zwaanridder
Related terms
  • ruiter
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: ridder

Etymology 2

Verb

ridder

  1. inflection of ridderen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Low German

Etymology

Alteration of the verb rider. Cognate with Dutch ridder and German Ritter (“knight”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪdːər/

Noun

ridder m (older plural riddere, younger/regional plural ridders)

  1. a knight, an armored professional soldier usually employing a horse
  2. a rider, someone who rides (regularly or professionally)

Related terms

  • rider (someone who rides)
  • riden

Descendants

  • Danish: ridder

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) +‎ -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare.

Noun

ridder m (definite singular ridderen, indefinite plural riddere, definite plural ridderne)

  1. a knight

Derived terms

  • ridderspore

References

  • “ridder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org