fadder

English

Noun

fadder (uncountable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of father

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vadder, originally gevadder, itself a calque of Latin compater.

Noun

fadder c (singular definite fadderen, plural indefinite faddere)

1. godfather (witness at a child’s Christian baptism)
   1. (figurative) author or creator, an originator (responsible for a specific area)

Declension

Declension of fadder

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fadder	fadderen	faddere	fadderne
genitive	fadders	fadderens	fadderes	faddernes

Derived terms

• fadderskab
• fadderbarn
• stå fadder til

See also

• gudbarn

References

• “fadder” in Den Danske Ordbog