different between odder vs older

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?d??r, IPA^(key): /??d.?/, [(?)???]
• Homophone: otter
• Rhymes: -?d?(r)

Adjective

odder

1. comparative form of odd: more odd

Anagrams

• roded

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse otr (“otter”), from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognates are Faroese otur, Icelandic otur, Norwegian Bokmål oter and Swedish utter. Compare Dutch otter and German Otter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?r/, [??ð??]

Noun

odder c (singular definite odderen, plural indefinite oddere)

1. otter, Lutra lutra
2. indefinite plural of odde

Inflection

See also

• Odder (dyr) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German odar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?or?/

Conjunction

odder

1. or

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

odder m

1. indefinite plural of odde

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German oder.

Conjunction

odder

1. or

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ld?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?ld?/
• Rhymes: -??ld?(?)

Adjective

older

1. comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior

Adjective

older (not comparable)

1. elderly

Anagrams

• Elrod, Loder, lored, orled, roled

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.

Adverb

older

1. never

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ?lr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare English alder), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élisos.

Noun

older m or f (definite singular oldra or olderen, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene)

1. an alder (tree of the Alnus genus)

Synonyms

• or

References

• “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ?lr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare English alder), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élisos.

Noun

older m (definite singular olderen, indefinite plural oldrar, definite plural oldrane)
older f (definite singular oldra, indefinite plural oldrer, definite plural oldrene)

1. an alder (tree of the Alnus genus)

Synonyms

• or

References

• “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.