faster

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See also: FASTER and fäster

English

Pronunciation

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. One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to far (“father”) +‎ søster (“sister”), from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation

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

References

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.

Noun

faster f

  1. paternal aunt

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”).

Noun

faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene)

  1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

Noun

faster c

  1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

  1. present of faste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.

Alternative forms

Noun

faster f (definite singular fastra, indefinite plural fastrer, definite plural fastrene)

  1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

faster f

  1. indefinite plural of faste
  2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta

References

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
fastom 		fastri
fastre 		fastu
fasto
genitive fasts fastrar fasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fastir
faster 		fastar fast
accusative fasta fastar fast
dative fastum
fastom 		fastum
fastom 		fastum
fastom
genitive fastra
fasta 		fastra
fasta 		fastra
fasta
Declension of faster (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fasti
faste 		fasta fasta
accusative fasta fastu
fasto 		fasta
dative fasta fastu
fasto 		fasta
genitive fasta fastu
fasto 		fasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto
accusative fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto
dative fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto
genitive fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto 		fastu
fasto

Descendants

  • Swedish: fast

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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