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

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

• Italian: veloce (it)
• Latin: iēiūnātor
• Swahili: mfunga
• Welsh: ymprydiwr

Anagrams

• afters, farest, freats, strafe

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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse fǫðursystir, equivalent to fader (“father”) +‎ søster (“sister”).

Noun

faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)

1. paternal aunt; one's father's sister

Declension

Declension of faster

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

Hypernyms

• tante

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

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

See also

• moster