Ritterorden
German, noun[ˈʁɪtɐˌʔɔʁdn̩]
Ritterorden is spelled R-I-T-T-E-R-O-R-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ritterorden is a German masculine noun meaning “order of knights, order of chivalry, order of knighthood, knightly order, chivalric order, equestrian order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistlicher, zur Verteidigung des Glaubens, zur Krankenpflege und für andere karitative Zwecke von…”.
What does Ritterorden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorder of knights, order of chivalry, order of knighthood, knightly order, chivalric order, equestrian order
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geistlicher, zur Verteidigung des Glaubens, zur Krankenpflege und für andere karitative Zwecke von Kreuzfahrern gegründeter Orden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ritterorden
- Ritterordens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ritterorden?
- [ˈʁɪtɐˌʔɔʁdn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ritterorden in German?
Ritterorden appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).