ouder

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯dər/
  • Audio(file)
  • The noun, unlike the comparative adjective, never exhibits d-weakening.

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ouder, the comparative form of oud.

Noun

ouder m (plural ouders, diminutive oudertje n)

  1. parent, father or mother; by extension a substitute caregiver
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

ouder

  1. Comparative form of oud

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch alder, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

ouder n

  1. age
  2. old age
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Substantivised comparative of out.

Noun

ouder m

  1. old person, senior
  2. (in the plural) ancestors, elders
  3. (in the plural) parents
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: ouder
  • Limburgish: aajer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

ouder

  1. comparative degree of out
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • “ouder (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “ouder (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “ouder (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “ouder (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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