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Eider
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eider êider
English
+ River
Pronunciation
en /ˈaɪdə/
en aɪdə 2
Proper noun
en river c/Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein.
Translations
Eider River
Danish: da Ejderen, da Ejder c
Georgian: ka აიდერი
German: de Eider
Latin: la Egdor, la Eidora
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Aider
German Low German: nds-de Eider
Marathi: mr आइडर f
Old English: fīfeldōr n
Anagrams
en deeir redie
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈaɪ̯dər/ [ˈʔaɪ̯dɐ]
de De-Eider.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
18th century, from de is æður, from de non æðr, probably reaching German via de sv eider (now sv ejder), from a de gmq root.
Noun
f
de chiefly in compounds eider bird
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Eiderente
de Eiderdaune
de Eidergans
de Eidervogel
Etymology 2
de
Proper noun
f.article
de river s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany Eider
Usage notes
Until 1864, the de Eider was the southern border of Denmark, though most of the areas now in Germany were predominantly West Germanic-speaking (Frisian, Low German, and later High German). Nevertheless there remains today a small minority of Danish-speakers north of the Eider.
Derived terms
de Eiderdäne
de Eidergrenze
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare de Euter, nl uier, en udder.
Noun
pdc noun n plural Eider
udder
pdc Animal body parts