different between herder vs swanherd

English

Etymology

From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hird?, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd +? -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??d?/, /?h??d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)

Noun

herder (plural herders)

1. One who herds.

Translations

Anagrams

• Dreher, Rehder

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch herder, earlier herde from Proto-Germanic *herd? (“herd”) + agent suffix -e; the agent suffix -er replaced -e when the latter fell in disuse as signifying agency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???rd?r/
• Hyphenation: her?der
• Rhymes: -?rd?r

Noun

herder m (plural herders, diminutive herdertje n, feminine herderin)

1. A herdsman, herd, herder of a flock of animals.
2. A pastoral (clerical) guide.
3. A sheepdog.

   Synonym: herdershond

Derived terms

• geitenherder
• Goede Herder
• herderlijk
• herdershond
• herdersstaf
• schaapsherder
• zielenherder

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

herder

1. present of herde

English

Etymology

1475-85, swan +? herd

Noun

swanherd (plural swanherds)

1. A person who tends or herds swans; a keeper of swans.

Translations

Anagrams

• Newhards, hard news