ritten

See also: Ritten

English

Etymology

Blend of rat +‎ kitten.

Noun

ritten (plural rittens)

1. (rare, informal) A young rat.
   • 1999 January 19, Anne M@rie [ Scarlet's Shelter ], “New ratties.. :-))”, in alt.pets.rodents‎^[1] (Usenet):

     According to Willy Raets (famous dutch breeder who e-mails with AG) it is the above, although he can't tell for sure until the ritten is 3 months old.

Anagrams

• nitter, retint, tinter

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪ.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: rit‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɪtən

Etymology 1

Blend of rat +‎ kitten.

Noun

ritten m (plural rittens, diminutive rittentje n)

1. (informal) A ritten; a young rat.
   • 1999 March 11, Anne Marie [Scarlet's Shelter], “Baby ratjes...”, in nl.huisdier.algemeen‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Ik heb op dit moment een exorbitant aantal mannelijke rittens (baby-ratjes) in de aanbieding.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ritten

1. plural of rit

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "rit", "rijden" or "rijten"?”)

Verb

ritten

1. (archaic) to run back and forth playing (said of children)
2. (archaic) to tear one's clothes while running

Inflection

Inflection of ritten (weak)
infinitive	ritten
past singular	ritte
past participle	gerit
infinitive	ritten
gerund	ritten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	rit	ritte
2nd person sing. (jij)	rit	ritte
2nd person sing. (u)	rit	ritte
2nd person sing. (gij)	rit	ritte
3rd person singular	rit	ritte
plural	ritten	ritten
subjunctive sing.1	ritte	ritte
subjunctive plur.1	ritten	ritten
imperative sing.	rit
imperative plur.1	rit
participles	rittend	gerit
1) Archaic.

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

ritten

1. inflection of reiten:
   1. first/third-person plural preterite
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Swedish

Noun

ritten

1. definite singular of ritt