fader

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From fade.

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[edit] Noun

fader (plural faders)

  1. A device used to control sound volume.

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fader

  1. comparative form of fade: more fade

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[edit] Danish

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From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

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fader c. (singular definite faderen, plural indefinite fædre)

  1. father
  2. A term of address for a Christian priest.

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    Inflection of fader
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative fader faderen fædre fædrene
genitive faders faderens fædres fædrenes

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[edit] German

[edit] Adjective

fader

  1. comparative form of fade

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fader (plural faders)

  1. father

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From Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

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fader m.

  1. father

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old English fæder. Compare faither.

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fader (plural faders)

  1. father

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Swedish faþir, from Old Norse ᚠᛆᚦᛁᛧ (faþiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

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fader c.

  1. (archaic) father
  2. A term of address for a Christian priest.

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Declension of fader
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fader fadern fäder fäderna
genitive faders faderns fäders fädernas

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