herder

See also: Herder

English

Etymology

From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd +‎ -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːdə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝːdɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

herder (plural herders)

1. One who herds.

   Synonyms: (now rare) herd, herdsman

Derived terms

• bot herder
• share herder
• share-herder

 

Translations

one who herds

• Arabic: رَاعٍ (rāʕin)
• Azerbaijani: çoban (az), naxırçı
• Bashkir: көтөүсе (kötöwse)
• Bulgarian: пастир (bg) m (pastir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牧民 (zh) (mùmín)

• Danish: hyrde c
• Dutch: herder (nl) m
• Estonian: karjus
• Finnish: paimen (fi)
• German: Hirt (de) m, Hirte (de) m, Hirtin (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (hairdeis)
• Hebrew: רוֹעֶה (he) m (ro'é)
• Hungarian: pásztor (hu), juhász (hu)
• Italian: guardiano (it), guardiano di greggi, pecoraio (it), pastore (it) m, porcaro m, vaccaro m, buttero (it) m, capraio
• Kazakh: бақташы (baqtaşy)
• Middle English: herde, herdeman
• Mongolian: малчин (mn) (malčin)
• Navajo: naʼniłkaadí
• Polish: pasterz (pl) m, pasterka (pl) f, pastuch (pl) m, pastuszka (pl) f
• Romanian: cioban (ro) m, văcar (ro) m (cowherd), păstor (ro) m, păcurar (ro) m
• Russian: пасту́х (ru) m (pastúx), пасту́шка (ru) f (pastúška), ско́тник (ru) m (skótnik), ско́тница (ru) f (skótnica), чаба́н (ru) m (čabán)
• Spanish: manadero m
• Volapük: (♂♀) jepan, (♂) hijepan, (♀) jijepan

Anagrams

• Dreher, Rehder

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch herder, earlier herde from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”) + agent suffix -e; the agent suffix -er replaced -e when the latter fell in disuse as signifying agency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛrdər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: her‧der
• Rhymes: -ɛrdər

Noun

herder m (plural herders, diminutive herdertje n, feminine herderin)

1. A herdsman, herd, herder of a flock of animals.
2. A pastoral (clerical) guide.
3. A sheepdog.

   Synonym: herdershond

Derived terms

• geitenherder
• Goede Herder
• herderlijk
• herdershond
• herdersjongen
• herdersstaf
• herderstasje
• geitenherder
• koeherder
• schaapsherder
• zielenherder

Descendants

• Negerhollands: herder
• → Papiamentu: herder

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

herder

1. present of herde