Vater
English
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Proper noun
[edit]Vater (plural Vaters)
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
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[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Vater is the 37076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Vater is most common among White (95.85%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Vatter (obsolete, except informally, representing the regional pronunciation)
Etymology
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From Middle High German vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Germanic cognates include Dutch vader, Low German Vader, English father, Danish fader, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfaːtər/, /ˈfaːtɐ/, [ˈfɑːtʰɐ] (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈfatər/, /ˈfatɐ/ (Rhenish, Westphalia, Swabian)
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑːtɐ/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
Noun
[edit]Vater m (strong, genitive Vaters, plural Väter, diminutive Väterchen n)
- father
- Coordinate terms: (by birth order) Sohn m; (by sex) Mutter f
- Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.
- My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Vater | die | Väter |
| genitive | eines | des | Vaters | der | Väter |
| dative | einem | dem | Vater | den | Vätern |
| accusative | einen | den | Vater | die | Väter |
Hyponyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Vater”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Vater” in Duden online
- “Vater” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Vater”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Vater on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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