Ritter

ritter English Proper noun en German. Derived terms en Ritter reaction Anagrams en eirrtt triter territ tirret German Etymology From de gmh ritter, from de dum ridder, Flemish byform of dum rîder, from dum rîden + dum -er (equivalent to German de reiten -er). In Middle High German, both gmh ritter and gmh rīter (whence modern de Reiter 1) were used in the sense of “horseman”, “mounted man-at-arms”, as well as for the (emerging) rank of “knight”, and, by generalisation, any member of the lower nobility. Gradually, both forms were separated semantically (a vocabulary of 1487 has two distinct entries: miles: ritter vs. equester: reitter), and in early modern German a third (similar, though unrelated) form de Reuter, from Dutch, was introduced. In this period, Ritter was the term for the class of the German lower nobility, Reuter was the normal word for a cavalryman, and Reiter was rare but sometimes used for “horseman”. From the 18th century, de Ritter was gradually replaced by de Kavalier, especially with individual noblemen, whereas the collective de Ritterschaft remained in use for the class as a whole. Accordingly, de Ritter becomes increasingly limited to the historic or romantic/poetic “medieval knight”. Pronunciation de /ˈʁɪtɐ/ de De-Ritter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-at-Ritter.ogg Austria Noun m in knight de 1918 w:Meinrad Lienert Zürcher Sagen Endlich erschien eines Tages ein wohlgewappneter Ritter und schwor, dass er den Kampf mit dem Drachen aufnehmen wolle. Finally one day a well-armed knight appeared, who swore that he would take up arms against the dragon. Declension m Derived terms de Deutschordensritter Deutschritter Grabesritter Gralsritter Glücksritter Jediritter,Jedi-Ritter Johanniterritter,Johanniter-Ritter Kolumbusritter,Kolumbus-Ritter Konjunkturritter Kreuzritter Malteserritter,Malteser-Ritter Minneritter Ordensritter Privilegienritter Raubritter Reichsritter Reichsritteraufstand Ritterakademie Ritteranolis Ritteraufstand Ritterbank Ritterbund Ritterburg Ritterdichtung Ritterdienst Ritterdrama Ritteressen Ritterfalter Ritterfestspiel Ritterfrau Ritterfräulein Rittergeschichte Rittergewand Rittergrundel Rittergut Rittergutsbesitzer ritterhaft Ritterhaftigkeit Ritterin Ritterkampf Ritterkampfspiel Ritterkreuz Ritterkreuzträger Ritterkrieg Ritterlehen ritterlich Ritterling rittern Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel Ritterorden Ritterroman Ritterrunde Ritterrüstung Rittersaal Ritterschaft ritterschaftlich Ritterschlag Ritterschwert Rittersfrau Rittersitz Rittersmann Ritterspiel Rittersporn Ritterstand Ritterstern Rittersteuer Ritterstraße Ritterstück Rittertafel Rittertaube Rittertum Ritter-und-Räuber-Roman Ritterwanze Ritterwesen Ritterwürde Ritterzeit Ritterzug Römerritter Strauchritter Tempelritter Arme Ritter Proper noun surname de occupations Declension surname References de Occupations Military Fantasy