Widder

See also: widder

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Widder.

Proper noun

Widder (plural Widders)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Widder is the 36585^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Widder is most common among White (93.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Widder”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Alternative forms

• Wider, Wieder (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz, akin to Old Saxon wethar, English wether. The form with a short vowel is Central German, perhaps standardised in part to avoid the homophony with wider (“against”) and wieder (“again”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdər/, [ˈvɪ.dɐ], [ˈʋɪ-]
• Hyphenation: Wid‧der

• Audio:

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Noun

Widder m (strong, genitive Widders, plural Widder)

1. ram (male sheep)

   Synonym: Schafbock

2. (astronomy, astrology) Aries (constellation and astrological sign)

Declension

Declension of Widder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Widder	die	Widder
genitive	eines	des	Widders	der	Widder
dative	einem	dem	Widder	den	Widdern
accusative	einen	den	Widder	die	Widder

See also

Zodiac signs in German (layout · text)
Widder	Stier	Zwillinge	Krebs
Löwe	Jungfrau	Waage	Skorpion
Schütze	Steinbock	Wassermann	Fische

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz. Cognate with German Widder, Dutch weder, English wether, Danish væder, Icelandic veður, Swedish vädur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvidɐ/

Noun

Widder m (plural Widder)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. Aries (constellation and astrological sign)

See also

Zodiac signs in Luxembourgish (layout · text)
Widder	Stéier	Zwilling	Kriibs
Léiw	Jongfra	Wo	Skorpioun
Schëtz	Steebock	Waassermann	Fësch