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Obotrite

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Member of a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany.

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History

Etymology

From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obodriťь (“Obotrite”), from earlier *obъ Odrě (“on Oder”).

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  • German: Abodrite — member of a confederation of medieval Slavic tribes
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bodrić — member of a confederation of medieval Slavic tribes
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bodrič — member of a confederation of medieval Slavic tribes
  • Serbo-Croatian: Obodrit — member of a confederation of medieval Slavic tribes
  • Serbo-Croatian: Abodrit — member of a confederation of medieval Slavic tribes