Widder

Borrowed from German Widder.

Widder (plural Widders)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Widder is the 36585^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Widder is most common among White (93.29%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Widder”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Wider, Wieder (obsolete)

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz, akin to Old Saxon wethar, English wether. The form with a short vowel is Central German, perhaps standardised in part to avoid the homophony with wider (“against”) and wieder (“again”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdər/, [ˈvɪ.dɐ], [ˈʋɪ-]
• Hyphenation: Wid‧der

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Widder m (strong, genitive Widders, plural Widder)

1. ram (male sheep)

   Synonym: Schafbock

2. (astronomy, astrology) Aries (constellation and astrological sign)

• “Widder” in Duden online
• “Widder” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Widder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz. Cognate with German Widder, Dutch weder, English wether, Danish væder, Icelandic veður, Swedish vädur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvidɐ/

Widder m (plural Widder)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. Aries (constellation and astrological sign)