giver

English

Etymology

to give + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪvə(r)

Noun

giver (plural givers)

1. One who gives; a donor or contributor.

Synonyms

• donor
• contributor

Antonyms

• taker

Derived terms

• Indian giver

Translations

one who gives

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact term exists, literally:) 給予者, 给予者 (jǐyǔ zhě), (one who donates) 捐贈者, 捐赠者 (juānzèng zhě) , (one who gives presents) 送禮者, 送礼者 (sònglǐ zhě)

• Finnish: antaja (fi), luovuttaja (fi)
• Lojban: dunda (jbo)
• Romanian: dătător (ro)

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Danish

Etymology 1

From give +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡiːvər/, [ˈɡ̊iːvɐ]

Noun

giver c (singular definite giveren, plural indefinite givere)

1. giver
2. donor
3. dealer

Inflection

    Inflection of giver

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	giver	giveren	givere	giverne
genitive	givers	giverens	giveres	givernes

Etymology 2

See give.

Alternative forms

• gi'r (representing the spoken language)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡiːr/, [ˈɡ̊iɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

giver

1. present of give

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Swedish

Verb

giver

1. present tense of giva. commonly contracted to ger, based on ge