Ried

First attested as rede in 1275. Derived from a hydronym cognate to Old English rith (“stream”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.

• IPA^(key): /rit/

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• Hyphenation: Ried
• Rhymes: -it
• Homophone: riet

Ried n

1. A village in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ʁiːt/

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From Middle High German riet, from Old High German riot, hriot, riod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”), but with no certain cognates outside of Germanic (cf. Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to dig”), Lithuanian ravė́ti (“to weed”) ?).

• Reet (Low German equivalent, now also common in standard German)

Ried n (strong, genitive Riedes or Rieds, plural Riede)

1. reed

   Synonym: Schilf

Ried m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rieds or (with an article) Ried, feminine genitive Ried, plural Rieds)

1. a surname

• “Ried” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Old High German reda. Cognate with German Rede, Dutch rede.

• IPA^(key): /ʀiət/
• Rhymes: -iət

Ried f (plural Rieden)

1. speech, address, talk
2. language, speech (way of speaking)
3. discourse, conversation

• rieden