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Reiter
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reiter
German
thumb|Reiter (widget)
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁaɪ̯tɐ/
de De-Reiter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
From de gmh rîter, gmh rîtære, from de goh rîtari. Not of Proto-Germanic age, but an OHG formation from the verb goh rītan "to ride" (Anglo-Saxon ags rîdere and Old Icelandic non ríðari are loans from OHG).
nds - has nds riddere, with short vowel and geminate. gmh - forms seem to have varied between long and short vowel, gmh riter vs. gmh ritter rîter respectively, the latter giving rise to the separate word de Ritter knight 1.
Lachmann (1827) noted that Middle High German poetry avoided use of the word in rhyming position, indicating that the two forms were used interchangeably.Georg Friedrich Benecke und Karl Lachmann, Iwein. Hartmann von Aue (1827).
Noun
m in
rider one who rides a horse
de military historical mounted man-at-arms, cuirassier
de Kürassier Kavallerist
de graphical user interface tab navigational widget in a GUI
de Registerkarte
Declension
m
Derived terms
de Reiterei Vorreiter Postreiter Herrenreiter Paragraphenreiter Prinzipienreiter
Related terms
de Ritter
Etymology 2
de gem-pro ine-pro
From de gmh rītere, from de goh rîtera, attested as glossing la cribrum, from de gmw-pro *hrīdrā sieve. Cognate with ang hridder (en riddle sieve sieve); also la cribrum, grc κρίμνον (grc κρίνω). Early New High German forms reyter, raiter, reuter.
Noun
f,-
de archaic except Austria winnowing sieve
Declension
f,-
Proper noun
surname
de
Further reading
Reiter_Reitender_Soldat_Gewicht Reiter (Reitender, Soldat, Gewicht)
Reiter_Sieb Reiter (sieve)
de
Reiter (surname) en
References