faster

See also: fäster

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

fast ‎(“quick; quickly”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

faster

1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Adverb

faster

1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Etymology 2

fast ‎(“refrain from eating”) +‎ -er.

Noun

faster ‎(plural fasters)

1. Agent noun of fast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts.

Translations

one who fasts

• Basque: baraugile
• Breton: yuner
• Catalan: dejunador m, dejunadora f

• Latin: iēiūnātor
• Welsh: ymprydiwr

Anagrams

• afters, farest, strafe

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Danish

Noun

faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)

1. paternal aunt

Inflection

Inflection of faster

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faster	fasteren	fastre	fastrene
genitive	fasters	fasterens	fastres	fastrenes

References

• “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

faster m, f

1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

1. present tense of faste

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

faster f

1. indefinite plural of faste

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Adjective

faster

1. fast, firm

Declension

Declension of faster (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	faster	fast	fast
accusative	fastan	fasta	fast
dative	fastum, -om	fastri, -re	fastu, -o
genitive	fasts	fastrar	fasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastir, -e(r)	fastar	fast
accusative	fasta	fastar	fast
dative	fastum, -om	fastum, -om	fastum, -om
genitive	fastra	fastra	fastra

Declension of faster (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fasti, -e	fasta	fasta
accusative	fasta	fastu, -o	fasta
dative	fasta	fastu, -o	fasta
genitive	fasta	fastu, -o	fasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastu, -o	fastu, -o	fastu, -o
accusative	fastu, -o	fastu, -o	fastu, -o
dative	fastu, -o	fastu, -o	fastu, -o
genitive	fastu, -o	fastu, -o	fastu, -o

Descendants

• Swedish: fast

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

faster c

1. paternal aunt

Declension

Inflection of faster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	faster	fastern	fastrar	fastrarna
Genitive	fasters	fasterns	fastrars	fastrarnas

See also

• moster