modder

See also: Modder

English

WOTD – 22 June 2025

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒdə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdəɹ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: mod‧der

Etymology 1

From mod (“to modify (an object) from its original condition”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

modder (plural modders)

A modder working in a makerspace.

1. (informal) Often preceded by a descriptive word: one who modifies a mass-manufactured object, especially computer hardware or software, or a motor vehicle.
   • 2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the March of the ‘Mods’”, in Rail, number 937, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62:

     Content creators (or ‘modders’) are individuals who create additional content for computer games. […] The creation of 3D models requires a lot of skill, with modders needing to have knowledge of 3D design software and coding so that the models can function within the game itself.

Related terms

• mod (“modification”, noun)
• mod (“to modify (something) from its original condition”, verb)
• modding (noun)
• modify

Translations

one who modifies a mass-manufactured object

• Finnish: modaaja, virittäjä (fi) (motor vehicles)
• French: moddeur m, modeur m

See also

• hackerspace
• makerspace

Etymology 2

From mod +‎ -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives).

Adjective

modder

1. comparative form of mod: more mod

Further reading

• modding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dormed

Dutch

Alternative forms

• moeder (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch modder (“filth”), from Proto-Germanic *muþraz. Cognate to German Low German modder (“mud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mod‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔdər

Noun

modder m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. mud

   Synonym: slijk

Derived terms

• modderbad
• modderig
• modderpad
• modderstroom

Descendants

• Afrikaans: modder
• Negerhollands: moder

Middle English

Noun

modder

1. alternative form of moder
   • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, Adam Islip:

     Putte: f. A wench, laſſe, girle, modder; (eſpecially one that is no better than ſhe ſhould be.)