vader

See also: Vader, vàder, vâder, väder, and våder

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vader, from Middle Dutch vader, from Old Dutch fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːdər/

Noun

vader (plural vaders or vadere)

1. father

Coordinate terms

• moeder

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vāder, from Old Dutch fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaː.dər/

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• Rhymes: -aːdər

Noun

vader m (plural vaders or gevaderen, diminutive vadertje n, feminine moeder)

1. father

vader m (plural vaderen or gevaderen)

1. forefather

Derived terms

• aartsvader
• vaderfiguur
• vaderlijk
• vadermoord
• vaderschap

Descendants

• English: Darth Vader

Further reading

• “vader” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Anagrams

• daver

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Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German vadder.

Noun

vader (genitive vaderi, partitive vaderit)

1. godparent

Declension

Inflection of vader (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	vader	vaderid
accusative	vaderi	vaderid
genitive	vaderi	vaderite
partitive	vaderit	vadereid
illative	vaderisse	vaderitesse vadereisse
inessive	vaderis	vaderites vadereis
elative	vaderist	vaderitest vadereist
allative	vaderile	vaderitele vadereile
adessive	vaderil	vaderitel vadereil
ablative	vaderilt	vaderitelt vadereilt
translative	vaderiks	vaderiteks vadereiks
terminative	vaderini	vaderiteni
essive	vaderina	vaderitena
abessive	vaderita	vaderiteta
comitative	vaderiga	vaderitega

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French

Etymology

From Latin vadere. Latin īre supplies the future and conditional.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.de/

Verb

vader

1. (Louisiana) Alternative form of aller, to go

   Il vadait dans la prairie avec son pirogue et il tendait des pièges. — “He went into the prairie with his pirogue and he tended the traps.”

Conjugation

  Conjugation of vader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vader			avoir vadé
gerund		en vadant			en ayant vadé
present participle		vadant
past participle		vadé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	vais	vas	va	vadons	vadez	vont
	imperfect	vadais	vadais	vadait	vadions	vadiez	vadaient
	past historic1	vadai	vadas	vada	vadâmes	vadâtes	vadèrent
	future	irai	iras	ira	irons	irez	iront
	conditional	irais	irais	irait	irions	iriez	iraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	vade	vades	vade	vadions	vadiez	vadent
	imperfect1	vadasse	vadasses	vadât	vadassions	vadassiez	vadassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	va	—	vadons	vadez	—
1literary tenses

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Interlingua

Etymology

Latin vadere

Verb

vader

1. to go

Conjugation

• Note: The present tense also has an irregular form: va (besides the regular form vade shown in the table hereunder).

Conjugation of “vader”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		vader
		Present	Perfect
Participles		vadente	vadite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	vade	ha vadite
	Past	vadeva	habeva vadite
	Future	vadera	habera vadite
	Conditional	vaderea	haberea vadite
	Imperative	vade	--
Passive voice	Present	es vadite	ha essite vadite
	Past	esseva vadite	habeva essite vadite
	Future	essera vadite	habera essite vadite
	Conditional	esserea vadite	haberea essite vadite
	Imperative	sia vadite	--

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Latin

Verb

vader

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vadō

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

vāder m

1. father

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vader
  • Afrikaans: vader
• Limburgish: vader, vajer

Further reading

• “vader”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vader”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Noun

vader

1. father

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vader

1. present tense of vade

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Swedish

Noun

vader

1. indefinite plural of vad