riddari

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹɪtːaɹɪ]

Noun

riddari m (genitive singular riddara, plural riddarar)

1. rider, horseman
2. (historical) knight
3. (chess) knight
4. knight (Order of the Dannebrog)

Declension

Declension of riddari
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	riddari	riddarin	riddarar	riddararnir
accusative	riddara	riddaran	riddarar	riddararnar
dative	riddara	riddaranum	riddarum	riddarunum
genitive	riddara	riddarans	riddara	riddaranna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪtːarɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɪtːarɪ

Noun

riddari m (genitive singular riddara, nominative plural riddarar)

1. rider, horseman
2. knight
3. (chess) knight

Further reading

• “riddari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), displacing earlier Old Norse *riði.

Noun

riddari m (genitive riddara, plural riddarar)

1. rider, horseman
2. knight
3. (chess) knight

Declension

  Declension of riddari (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	riddari	riddarinn	riddarar	riddararnir
accusative	riddara	riddarann	riddara	riddarana
dative	riddara	riddaranum	riddurum	riddurunum
genitive	riddara	riddarans	riddara	riddaranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: riddari
• Faroese: riddari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: riddar
• Norwegian: (dialectal) riddari
• Swedish: riddare
• Danish: ridder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ridder

References

• “riddari”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press