Reuter

English

Etymology

From German Reuter.

Proper noun

Reuter (plural Reuters)

1. A surname from German

Translations

German surname

• German: Reuters (de)

See also

• Reut
• Reute
• Reuteman
• Reutemann
• Reuterman
• Reutermann
• Reuters

 

Anagrams

• Rueter, ureter

German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Dutch ruiter (“robber; soldier; cavalryman”), from Middle Dutch ruter (“robber, looter”), from Old French routier, from rote, route, whence also German Rotte. The development from “robber” to “cavalryman” by association with Dutch rijder, ridder, German Reiter, Ritter. Later on, the word was considered a mere phonetic variant of Reiter and was accordingly discouraged by the German grammarians of the 18th century.

Noun

Reuter m (strong, genitive Reuters, plural Reuter)

1. (archaic) cavalryman

   Synonyms: Kavallerist; (broader) Reiter

Declension

Declension of Reuter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Reuter	die	Reuter
genitive	eines	des	Reuters	der	Reuter
dative	einem	dem	Reuter	den	Reutern
accusative	einen	den	Reuter	die	Reuter

Etymology 2

In some cases probably from etymology 1, but in others from place names in -reut, -reuth, related with roden.

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Reuter
• → Chinese: → 羅伊特／罗伊特 (Luóyītè) (transliteration)

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ruiter1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute: “Via de vele buitenlandse huurlingen werd het woord ontleend als Nederduits ruter, Hoogduits Reuter (nu alleen nog bekend als eigennaam), Zweeds ryttare, Noors ryttar, Deens ryttar.”

Further reading

• “Reuter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Reuter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache