Ritter
German (Berlin)
/ˈʁɪtɐ/
noun
Definitions
- knight
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ritter derived from Middle Dutch ridder affix from German reiten (ride).
Origin
German (Berlin)
reiten
Gloss
ride
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ritari Finnish
- Analritter German
- Deutscher Orden German
- Deutschordensritter German
- Gut German
- Reitpferd German
- Rittergut German
- Ritterschaft German
- Ritterschlag German
- Rittertum German
- Schlag German
- Tempel German
- Tempelritter German
- anal German
- bürtig German
- reiten German
- ritterbürtig German
- ritterlich German
- wellenreiten German
- ры́царь Russian
- рыцарь Russian
- riddare Swedish
- serafimerriddare Swedish
- rycerz Polish
- riddari Old Norse
- ridder Danish
- ridder Middle Dutch
- riddere Middle Dutch
- rîden Middle Dutch
- ritire Old Irish
- ridire Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ridireach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ridireachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ritter Middle High German
- rīten Middle High German
- *rīdan gmw-pro
- ridder Middle Low German
- rıtsar Crimean Tatar
- ritter Vilamovian