Masculine
Vater
Concepts
male parent
one’s father
your father
one’s boss
male parents
paternal effects
Synonyms
Paps
Kindsvater
Vatertier
Pa
alter Herr
Paternaleffekt
Paternität
männlicher Elter
Gott Vater
Allvater
Babba
der Alte
Daddy
männlicher Elternteil
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
alt
Basel-Landschaft
bappe
Basel-Landschaft
bappi
Basel-Landschaft
vatter
Basel-Landschaft
vatti
Zürich
vater
Zürich
bapi
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfaːtər/
Etymology
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).
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Sentences
Sein Vater 👨👦 war Angestellter in einem Handelshaus.
His father was an employee in a trading house.
