Reiter

See also: reiter

German

Reiter (widget)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯tɐ/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German rîter, rîtære, from Old High German rîtari. Not of Proto-Germanic age, but an OHG formation from the verb rītan "to ride" (Anglo-Saxon rîdere and Old Icelandic ríðari are loans from OHG).

Low German has riddere, with short vowel and geminate. Middle High German forms seem to have varied between long and short vowel, riter vs. rîter respectively, the latter giving rise to the separate word Ritter (“knight”). Lachmann (1827) noted that Middle High German poetry avoided use of the word in rhyming position, indicating that the two forms were used interchangeably.

Noun

Reiter m (strong, genitive Reiters, plural Reiter, feminine Reiterin)

1. rider (one who rides a horse)
2. (military, historical) mounted man-at-arms, cuirassier

   Synonyms: Kürassier, Kavallerist

3. (graphical user interface) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)

   Synonym: Registerkarte

Declension

Declension of Reiter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Reiter	die	Reiter
genitive	eines	des	Reiters	der	Reiter
dative	einem	dem	Reiter	den	Reitern
accusative	einen	den	Reiter	die	Reiter

Derived terms

• Herrenreiter
• Paragraphenreiter
• Postreiter
• Prinzipienreiter
• Reiterei
• Vorreiter

 

Related terms

• Ritter

Etymology 2

From Middle High German rītere, from Old High German rîtera, attested as glossing cribrum, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā (“sieve”). Cognate with Old English hridder (English riddle (“sieve”)); also Latin cribrum, Ancient Greek κρίμνον (krímnon) (κρίνω (krínō)). Early New High German forms reyter, raiter, reuter.

Noun

Reiter f (genitive Reiter, plural Reiter)

1. (archaic except Austria) winnowing sieve

Declension

Declension of Reiter [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Reiter	die	Reiter
genitive	einer	der	Reiter	der	Reiter
dative	einer	der	Reiter	den	Reitern
accusative	eine	die	Reiter	die	Reiter

Proper noun

Reiter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Reiters or (with an article) Reiter, feminine genitive Reiter, plural Reiters or Reiter)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Reiter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Reiter (Reitender, Soldat, Gewicht)” in Duden online
• “Reiter (sieve)” in Duden online
• “Reiter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Reiter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Reiter (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia