Ried

See also: ried

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rede in 1275. Derived from a hydronym cognate to Old English rith (“stream”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ried

Proper noun

Ried n

1. A village in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Rie (Frisian, unofficial)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁiːt/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German riet, from Old High German riot, hriot, riod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”), but with no certain cognates outside of Germanic (cf. Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to dig”), Lithuanian ravė́ti (“to weed”) ?).

Alternative forms

• Reet (Low German equivalent, now also common in standard German)

Noun

Ried n (strong, genitive Riedes or Rieds, plural Riede)

1. reed

   Synonym: Schilf

Declension

Declension of Ried [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ried	die	Riede
genitive	eines	des	Riedes, Rieds	der	Riede
dative	einem	dem	Ried, Riede1	den	Rieden
accusative	ein	das	Ried	die	Riede

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ried m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rieds or (with an article) Ried, feminine genitive Ried, plural Rieds)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Ried” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German reda. Cognate with German Rede, Dutch rede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀiət/
• Rhymes: -iət

Noun

Ried f (plural Rieden)

1. speech, address, talk
2. language, speech (way of speaking)
3. discourse, conversation

Related terms

• rieden