Masculine

vader

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Meaning

(masculine) father, male parent
(masculine) forefather

male parent

ouwe heer

ouweheer

vake

Frequency

Hyphenated as

va‧der

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaː.dər/

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr? Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Germanic *fadēr Proto-West Germanic *fader Old Dutch fadar Middle Dutch vāder Dutch vader From Middle Dutch vāder, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

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An user

Ze had de wenkbrauwen van haar moeder
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, maar de ogen van haar vader
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.

She had her mother's eyebrows, but her father's eyes.

An user

De tegenstander bij een potje schaken was haar vader
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.

The opponent in a game of chess was her father.

An user

De vader
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moest het scherpe object afpakken van zijn zoontje .

The father had to take the sharp object from his son.

An user

Zijn vader
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heeft nog in een steenkolenmijn gewerkt .

His father worked in a coal mine.

An user

Haar vader
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is schrijnwerker en hij is net van job veranderd .

Her father is a carpenter and he has just changed jobs.