Ruder
German, noun
Ruder is spelled R-U-D-E-R (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruder is a German neuter noun meaning “oar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ruder is a different word: “first-person singular present”. On this page, rüder is a different word: “comparative degree of rüde”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unten blattförmig erweiterte Stange zum Fortbewegen eines Bootes”.
What does Ruder mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteroar
ein Boot mit Rudern fortbewegen
- 2
neuterrudder
- 3
neutercontrol, power
ans Ruder kommen
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of rüde
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unten blattförmig erweiterte Stange zum Fortbewegen eines Bootes 2. Vorrichtung, um ein Schiff oder Flugzeug zu steuern 3. die Füße der Schwimmvögel 4. bestimmende Einflussmöglichkeit
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 Ruder
- Ruders genitive
- Rudern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ruder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruder in German?
Ruder appears 6.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).