ouder

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯dər/

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• The noun, unlike the comparative adjective, never exhibits d-weakening.
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯dər

From Middle Dutch ouder, the comparative form of oud.

ouder m (plural ouders, diminutive oudertje n)

1. parent, father or mother; by extension a substitute caregiver

   Hyponyms: moeder, vader

Not to be confused with oudere (“elderly person”) (plural: ouderen).

• Negerhollands: ouders, ouder

From Middle Dutch ouder, from Old Dutch aldar, from Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

ouder m or n (uncountable)

1. (obsolete in most dialects) Synonym of ouderdom (“age”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ouder

1. comparative degree of oud

From Old Dutch alder, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

ouder n

1. age
2. old age

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: ouder

Substantivised comparative of out.

ouder m

1. old person, senior
2. (in the plural) ancestors, elders
3. (in the plural) parents

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: ouder
• Limburgish: aajer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ouder

1. comparative degree of out

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• “ouder (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “ouder (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ouder (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ouder (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

• öler (Föhr-Amrum)
• üđer (Sylt)

From Old Frisian ōther, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz. Cognates include West Frisian oar, English other.

ouder

1. (Mooring) other, different (not the same)
2. (Mooring) synonym of tweed (“second”)