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Vader

Vader

See also: vader, vàder, vâder, väder, and våder

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Voder
  • Vadder
  • Fader
  • Vaar (rare)

Noun

Vader m (plural Vaders)

  1. (in most dialects, including Low Prussian) father

See also

vader

vader

See also: Vader, vàder, vâder, väder, and våder

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vader, from Old Dutch fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑːdər/

Noun

vader (plural vaders)

  1. father

Coordinate terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaː.dər/

Etymology

From Old Dutch fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Compare German Vater, West Frisian faar, North Frisian faaðer, Low German Vader, English father, Danish fader.

Noun

vader m (plural vaders or gevaderen, diminutive vadertje n, feminine moeder)

  1. father

vader m (plural vaderen or gevaderen)

  1. forefather

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams


Interlingua

Etymology

Latin vadere

Verb

vader

  1. to go

Conjugation

  • Note: The present tense also has an irregular form: va (besides the regular form vade shown in the table hereunder).

Latin

Verb

vader

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vadō

Middle English

Noun

vader

  1. father

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vader

  1. present tense of vade

Swedish

Noun

vader

  1. indefinite plural of vad