Kader

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See also: kader, kadër, and kadeř

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic قادر (qādir, powerful). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.

Proper noun[edit]

Kader (plural Kaders)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics[edit]

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kader is the 25503rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 969 individuals. Kader is most common among White (65.02%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.4%) individuals.

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Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cadre.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːdɐ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Kader n or m (strong, genitive Kaders, plural Kader)

  1. (sports) squad (body of the players of a team or club)
  2. (military) cadre (body of officers forming a new regiment)
  3. (Marxism) cadre (the ideologically trained elite, which is to fill all public and economic leadership positions)
  4. (Marxism, more commonly) cadre; leader (an individual in the above elite)
  5. (figuratively) a highly skilled or highly motivated person or group of persons

Usage notes[edit]

The neuter gender is used alongside the masculine gender in Swiss German.

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kader”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • Kader” in Duden online
  • Kader” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish[edit]

Noun[edit]

Kader m (plural Kaderen)

  1. frame (of windows and doors)
  2. frame (of a picture)
  3. frame (of a bicycle)
  4. (sports) squad (body of the players of a team or club)
  5. workload, job

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