ritten

See also: Ritten

English

Etymology

Blend of rat + kitten.

Noun

ritten (plural rittens)

  1. (rare, informal) A young rat.
    • 1999 January 19, Anne M@rie [ Scarlet's Shelter ], “New ratties.. :-))”, in alt.pets.rodents, Usenet:
      According to Willy Raets (famous dutch breeder who e-mails with AG) it is the above, although he can't tell for sure until the ritten is 3 months old.

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪ.tə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: rit‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪtən

Etymology 1

Blend of rat + kitten.

Noun

ritten m (plural rittens, diminutive rittentje n)

  1. (informal) A ritten; a young rat.
    • 1999 March 11, Anne Marie [Scarlet's Shelter], “Baby ratjes...”, in nl.huisdier.algemeen, Usenet:
      Ik heb op dit moment een exorbitant aantal mannelijke rittens (baby-ratjes) in de aanbieding.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ritten

  1. Plural form of rit

Verb

ritten

  1. (archaic) to run back and forth playing (said of children)
  2. (archaic) to tear one's clothes while running
Inflection
Inflection of ritten (weak)
infinitive ritten
past singular ritte
past participle gerit
infinitive ritten
gerund ritten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ritritte
2nd person sing. (jij) ritritte
2nd person sing. (u) ritritte
2nd person sing. (gij) ritritte
3rd person singular ritritte
plural rittenritten
subjunctive sing.1 ritteritte
subjunctive plur.1 rittenritten
imperative sing. rit
imperative plur.1 rit
participles rittendgerit
1) Archaic.

German

Verb

ritten

  1. First-person plural preterite of reiten.
  2. Third-person plural preterite of reiten.
  3. First-person plural subjunctive II of reiten.
  4. Third-person plural subjunctive II of reiten.

Swedish

Noun

ritten

  1. definite singular of ritt
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