Vater

Meaning

father

Gender

♂️ Masculine

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).

Sentences

Seinen Vater kennt er nicht .

He does not know his father.

Nicht einmal sein Vater schafft es , ihm noch in die Augen zu sehen .

Not even his father manages to look him in the eye.

Er ist Vater von noch vier weiteren Töchter .

He is the father of four other daughters.

Katharina sollte ihren Vater nach der Hochzeit niemals mehr wiedersehen .

Katharina was never to see her father again after the wedding.

Albert hat den Herzog auch um Unterstützung dabei ersucht , von seinem Vater Geld zu erhalten .

Albert also asked the Duke for support in receiving money from his father.

Als Zocha sieben Jahre alt war , erschoss sein Vater seine Mutter und sich selbst .

When Zocha was seven years old, his father shot his mother and himself.

Sein Vater war protestantisch , seine Mutter katholisch .

His father was Protestant, his mother Catholic.

Sein Taufpate war unter anderem Herzog Eduard von Kent, der Vater von Queen Victoria .

His godfather was, among others, Duke Edward of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria.