giver

English

Etymology

From Middle English gevar, gyffare, variants (due to English given (“to give”)) of Middle English yevere, ȝevere, ȝyvere, equivalent to give +‎ -er. Cognate with German Geber (“donor”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪvə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪvɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

giver (plural givers)

1. One who gives; a donor or contributor.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:giver

Antonyms

• See Thesaurus:taker

Derived terms

• care-giver
• gift giver
• giver-upper
• Indian giver
• Native American giver
• wife-giver

 

Translations

one who gives

• Arabic: مُعْطٍ m (muʕṭin)
• Bulgarian: дарител (bg) m (daritel)
• 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)
• German: Geber (de) m, Geberin f, Gebender m, Gebende f, Spender (de) m, Spenderin (de) f, Schenker (de) m, Schenkerin (de) f, Schenkender m, Schenkende f, Gönner (de) m, Gönnerin (de) f, Stifter (de) m, Stifterin (de) f, Donator (de) m, Donatorin f
• Greek:

  Ancient: δοτήρ m (dotḗr), δότειρα f (dóteira)

• Indonesian: pemberi (id)
• Latin: dator m
• Old English: ġiefa m
• Romanian: dătător (ro)
• Sanskrit: दातृ (sa) m (dātṛ)
• Swahili: mpaji

Anagrams

• Viger, virge

Danish

Etymology 1

From give (“to give”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊iːʋɐ], [ˈɡ̊iːwɐ]

Noun

giver c (singular definite giveren, plural indefinite givere)

1. giver
2. donor
3. dealer

Declension

Declension of giver

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• gi'r (representing the spoken language)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊iɐ̯ˀ], (formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊iˀʋɐ], [ˈɡ̊iwˀɐ]

Verb

giver

1. present of give

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

giver m (definite singular giveren, indefinite plural givere, definite plural giverne)

1. a donor
2. a giver

Derived terms

• blodgiver
• långiver

See also

• givar (Nynorsk)
• gjevar (Nynorsk)

References

• “giver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ger (common contraction)

Verb

giver

1. present indicative of giva

Anagrams

• viger