riddare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic rīdan (“to wind, turn”).

Verb

riddàre (first-person singular present rìddo, first-person singular past historic riddài, past participle riddàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to go round in circles

Conjugation

    Conjugation of riddàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	riddàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		riddàndo
present participle		riddànte	past participle		riddàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	rìddo	rìddi	rìdda	riddiàmo	riddàte	rìddano
imperfect	riddàvo	riddàvi	riddàva	riddavàmo	riddavàte	riddàvano
past historic	riddài	riddàsti	riddò	riddàmmo	riddàste	riddàrono
future	ridderò	ridderài	ridderà	ridderémo	ridderéte	ridderànno
conditional	ridderèi	ridderésti	ridderèbbe, ridderébbe	ridderémmo	ridderéste	ridderèbbero, ridderébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	rìddi	rìddi	rìddi	riddiàmo	riddiàte	rìddino
imperfect	riddàssi	riddàssi	riddàsse	riddàssimo	riddàste	riddàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		rìdda	rìddi	riddiàmo	riddàte	rìddino
negative imperative		non riddàre	non rìddi	non riddiàmo	non riddàte	non rìddino

Related terms

• ridda

Swedish

en riddare

Etymology

From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).

Noun

riddare c

1. a knight (armored mounted warrior)

   en riddare på sin springare

   a knight on his steed

   Riddaren drog sitt svärd

   The knight drew his sword

   Draken sprutade eld på riddaren

   The dragon spewed fire ["sprayed" – idiomatic for breathing fire] on the knight

   See also drake (“dragon”).

   Riddaren dräpte draken

   The knight slew the dragon

2. a knight (nobleman obligated to provide knight service)

   dubbas till riddare

   be dubbed a knight / be knighted [in a historical context – adlas is more common otherwise]

3. a knight (of an order)

Declension

Declension of riddare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	riddare	riddares
	definite	riddaren	riddarens
plural	indefinite	riddare	riddares
	definite	riddarna	riddarnas

Derived terms

• Adidasriddare
• korsriddare
• korstågsriddare
• malteserriddare
• riddarhus
• riddarrustning
• riddarsporre
• rovriddare
• tempelriddare

Related terms

• ridderlig

See also

• knekt
• rida
• ryttare
• väpnare (“squire”)

References

• “riddare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “riddare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “riddare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)