ouder
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯dər/
Audio (file) - The noun, unlike the comparative adjective, never exhibits d-weakening.
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯dər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ouder, the comparative form of oud.
Noun
Usage notes
Not to be confused with oudere (“elderly person”) (plural: ouderen).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch ouder, from Old Dutch aldar, from Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch alder, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: ouder
Etymology 2
Substantivised comparative of out.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: ouder
- Limburgish: aajer
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “ouder (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “ouder (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ouder (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ouder (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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