Eider

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdə/
• Rhymes: -aɪdə

Eider

1. A river in Germany, the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein.

• redie

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯dər/, [ˈʔaɪ̯dɐ]

18th century, from Icelandic æður, from Old Norse æðr, probably reaching German via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.

Eider f (genitive Eider, plural Eidern)

1. (chiefly in compounds) eider (bird)

• Eiderente
• Eiderdaune
• Eidergans
• Eidervogel

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die Eider f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Eider)

1. Eider (a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

• Until 1864, the Eider was the southern border of Denmark, though most of the areas now in Germany were predominantly West Germanic-speaking (Frisian, Low German, and later High German). Nevertheless there remains today a small minority of Danish-speakers north of the Eider.

• Eiderdäne
• Eidergrenze

Compare German Euter, Dutch uier, English udder.

Eider n (plural Eider)

1. udder