Adder

See also: adder

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German nader, from Old Saxon nadra.

Cognate with German Otter, Dutch adder, English adder, Icelandic naðra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑdɐ/

Noun

Adder f (plural Adders) (Westphalian)

1. snake, adder
2. bad girl

Descendants

• → Saterland Frisian: Adder

References

• Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band I. 1882, Norden/Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag), p. 2: "adder, natter, böses mädchen."

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German nātere, from Old High German nātara, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā.

Cognate with German Otter, Dutch adder, English adder, Icelandic naðra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑdɐ]

Noun

Adder f (plural Adderen)

1. grass snake

Saterland Frisian

n Adder.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Adder, from Middle Low German nader, from Old Saxon nadra, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā. Doublet of Neder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadər/
• Hyphenation: Ad‧der

Noun

Adder f (plural Adderje)

1. common European viper (Vipera berus)

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Adder”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN