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ridder¹

Where it comes from

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 ridders

  1. dialectal a sieve

ridder²

Where it comes from

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

verb ridders · riddering · riddered

  1. transitive to sieve; sift; riddle

ridder³

noun ridders

  1. One who, or that which, rids.

Ridder⁴

Where it comes from

; surname

proper noun Ridders

  1. A city in East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan; formerly, Leninogorsk.
  2. A surname.

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@misc{ridder_2026,
  title = {ridder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ridder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}