fater

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Fatter, Vater, Vatter, vàtter

Etymology

From Middle High German vatter, vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with German Vater, Dutch vader, Plautdietsch Voda, West Frisian faar, English father, Icelandic faðir, Swedish far.

Noun

fater m

1. (Carcoforo) father

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fat

Noun

fater n

1. indefinite plural of fat

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

fater m

1. father

Declension

• singular nominative/accusative fater
• genitive fater or fateres
• dative fater or fatere
• plural nominative/accusative faterā, fatera
• genitive fatero
• dative faterum, faterun, fateron

Descendants

• Middle High German: vater
  • Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter

    Italian Walser: fater, vàtter

    Swabian:

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)

    Mòcheno:

    Udinese: votar, voter

  • Central Franconian: Vader

    Hunsrik: Fatter

    Transylvanian Saxon: Foater

  • East Central German: Voater

    Vilamovian: foter, fōter

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Vater, Vatter
    • → Central Franconian: Vatter
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German:

  • Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vater, from Middle High German vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: fa‧ter

Noun

fater m pers

1. (obsolete, Warsaw) father

   Synonym: ojciec

   Antonym: matka

Declension

Declension of fater

	singular	plural
nominative	fater	fatrzy/fatry (deprecative)
genitive	fatra	fatrów
dative	fatrowi	fatrom
accusative	fatra	fatrów
instrumental	fatrem	fatrami
locative	fatrze	fatrach
vocative	fatrze	fatrzy

Further reading

• fater in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fater in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Veps

Etymology

Akin to Karelian fatieru.

Noun

fater

1. flat (apartment)