ridder – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of ridder

Noun: ridder
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.ridder
Pl.riddere

Definite

Sg.ridderen
Pl.ridderne

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like ridder

synder, synser, urmaker, swazilender, sementblander, serber, server, setter, seiler, selger, samler, sanger, sakser, brødrister, skuter, skater, skaper, sanktlucianer, befrier, beniner, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) + -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare. See: German Nouns 'Ritter', Old Norse Nouns 'riddari', Swedish Nouns 'riddare'.

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