Richter

Richter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Richter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪkt.ə/, /ˈɹɪxt.ə/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ/

Proper noun

Richter

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Richter scale

 

Translations

surname

German: Richter (de) Greek: Ρίχτερ (el) (Ríchter) Japanese: リヒター (Rihitā), リヒテル (Rihiteru), リクター (Rikutā) Korean: 리히터 (Rihiteo), 릭터 (Rikteo) Russian: Рихтер (ru) (Rixter)

Noun

Richter (uncountable)

1. (seismology) (Followed by a decimal number): A Richter scale magnitude to indicate the severity of an earthquake. "Richter" is prefixed to the magnitude value. This has generally been superceded by the Moment-Magnitude Scale

   Synonym: magnitude

Anagrams

• Richert

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German

Etymology

Agent noun of richten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɪçtɐ/

• Audio

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Noun

Richter m (strong, genitive Richters, plural Richter, feminine Richterin)

1. judge

Declension

Declension of Richter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Richter	die	Richter
genitive	eines	des	Richters	der	Richter
dative	einem	dem	Richter	den	Richtern
accusative	einen	den	Richter	die	Richter

Derived terms

• richterlich
• Richterschaft
• Richteramt, Richterbeschluss, Richterentscheidung, Richterhammer, Richterrobe, Richterspruch, Richterstuhl
• Amtsrichter, Dorfrichter, Friedensrichter, Jugendrichter, Linienrichter, Schiedsrichter

Related terms

• richten, Gericht

Proper noun

Richter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Richters or (with an article) Richter, feminine genitive Richter, plural Richters or Richter)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Declension of Richter [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Richter	(eine)	(die)	Richter	(die)	Richters, Richter
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Richters, Richter1	(einer)	(der)	Richter	(der)	Richters, Richter
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Richter	(einer)	(der)	Richter	(den)	Richters, Richter
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Richter	(eine)	(die)	Richter	(die)	Richters, Richter

¹With an article.

Derived terms

• Richterskala

Proper noun

Richter pl (proper noun, plural only)

1. Judges: Book of Judges (book of the Bible)

Declension

Declension of Richter [pl-only]

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Richter
genitive	der	Richter
dative	den	Richtern
accusative	die	Richter

Synonyms

• Buch der Richter
• Ri (Ri.)

Further reading

• “Richter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Richter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Richter” in Duden online
• Richter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriçtɐ/

Noun

Richter m (plural Richter, feminine Richtrin)

1. judge

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Polish

Etymology

From German Richter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrix.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -ixtɛr
• Syllabification: Rich‧ter

Proper noun

Richter m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Richter

	singular	plural
nominative	Richter	Richterowie
genitive	Richtera	Richterów
dative	Richterowi	Richterom
accusative	Richtera	Richterów
instrumental	Richterem	Richterami
locative	Richterze	Richterach
vocative	Richterze	Richterowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Derived terms

• Richterowa
• Richterówna

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames