Vetter

Borrowed from German Vetter.

Vetter (plural Vetters)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vetter is the 4142^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8552 individuals. Vetter is most common among White (95.49%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vetter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• trevet

From Middle High German veter, vetere, from Old High German fetiro (“father's brother”), fatureo, from Proto-West Germanic *faderjō or *fadurjō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtər/,

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• Homophone: fetter

Vetter m (mixed, genitive Vetters, plural Vettern, diminutive Vetterchen n, feminine Cousine or Kusine or Vetterin or Base)

1. (dated or regional, except in compounds) male cousin

   Synonym: Cousin

2. (obsolete) paternal uncle
   • 1819, Brüder Grimm, “Hans heirathet”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, volume 1:

     Es war einmal ein junger Bauer, der hieß Hans, dem wollte sein Vetter gern eine reiche Frau werben.

     Once upon a time there was a peasant named Hans whose uncle wanted to find him a rich wife.

• Namensvetter
• vetterlich
• Vetternehe
• Vetternwirtschaft

• “Vetter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Vetter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Vetter” in Duden online
• “Vetter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon