vater

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See also: Vater, váter, vàter, vatër, Vater, and Väter

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvatər/, /ˈfatər/

Noun

vater m

  1. father

Usage notes

The old consonant stems vater and bruoder often remain uninflected in the singular, as gen. vater, bruoder beside vaters, bruoders. In the plural they take umlaut, as veter, brüeder.

Declension

Declension of vater (masculine, class 2 strong)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër vater die veter
genitive eines dës vater, vaters dër veter
dative eime dëm vater dën vetern
accusative einen dën vater die veter

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