Rüde

See also: rude, ruede, Rude, and rüde

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rüde, rüd, from Old High German rudio, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“male dog”), possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutan-, *hrūtan-, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.

Cognate to Dutch reu, probably also to Low German Rühe (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁyːdə/

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• Rhymes: -yːdə
• Homophone: rüde

Noun

Rüde m (weak, genitive Rüden, plural Rüden)

1. male dog (male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive), also used for certain other mammals)

   Coordinate terms: Hundeweibchen, Hündin, (Upper German) Zaupe

2. (hunting) hound, foxhound

   Synonyms: Hetzhund, Saurüde

3. (archaic) herding dog, guard dog (strong male dog used for certain tasks)

   Synonyms: Hirtenhund, Wachhund

Declension

Declension of Rüde [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rüde	die	Rüden
genitive	eines	des	Rüden	der	Rüden
dative	einem	dem	Rüden	den	Rüden
accusative	einen	den	Rüden	die	Rüden

Synonyms

• (male dog) Hundemännchen, Hunderüde, Hundsrüde, männlicher Hund
• (male fox) Fuchsmännchen, Fuchsrüde, männlicher Fuchs
• (male wolf) Wolfsmännchen, Wolfsrüde, männlicher Wolf
• (male ferret) Frettchenmännchen, Frettchenrüde, männliches Frettchen

Derived terms

• Dackelrüde
• Deckrüde
• Fuchsrüde
• Hunderüde
• Hundsrüde
• Saurüde
• Schäferhunderüde
• Schäferrüde
• Teckelrüde
• Wolfsrüde
• Zuchtrüde

 

See also

• Dackelhündin
• Männchen
• Schäferhündin
• Weibchen

Further reading

• “Rüde” in Duden online
• “Rüde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Rüde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hruþjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN