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vader

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See also: Vader, vàder, vâder, väder, and våder

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vader, from Middle Dutch vader, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːdər/
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Noun

vader (plural vaders or vadere)

  1. father
    Lukas is jou vader.
    Lukas is your father.

Coordinate terms

Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Middle Dutch vāder, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    vader m (plural vaders or vaderen or gevaderen, diminutive vadertje n or vaderke n, feminine moeder)

    1. father, male parent
    2. forefather
      Dit boek beschrijft de daden der vaderen.
      This books describes the doings of our forefathers.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Afrikaans: vader
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir
    • Javindo: fader
    • Jersey Dutch: vâder
    • Negerhollands: vader
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: father

    Further reading

    • vader” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

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    Estonian

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German vadder.

    Noun

    vader (genitive vaderi, partitive vaderit)

    1. godparent

    Declension

    More information Declension of (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation), singular ...

    French

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Acadian French, from Latin vadere.

    Verb

    vader

    1. (nonstandard, Louisiana, Cajun) alternative form of aller, to go
      Il vadait dans la prairie avec son pirogue et il attendait des pièges.He would go into the prairie with his pirogue and he would wait on the traps.
    Usage notes
    • In Cajun French, the conjugations of vader are used interchangeably with aller and its conjugations.
    Conjugation
    References

    Etymology 2

    Either directly from Latin vadere or a shortening of s'évader. In any case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.

    Verb

    vader

    1. (Switzerland) to get away
    Conjugation
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    Interlingua

    Etymology

    From Latin vadere.

    Verb

    vader

    1. to go

    Conjugation

    More information infinitive, participle ...
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    Latin

    Verb

    vader

    1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vadō

    Middle Dutch

    Alternative forms

    • vaer (loss of -d-)

    Etymology

      From Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

      Noun

      vāder m

      1. father

      Inflection

      More information singular, plural ...

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Further reading

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      Middle English

      Noun

      vader

      1. alternative form of fader

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Verb

      vader

      1. present of vade

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Verb

      vader

      1. present of vada

      Occitan

      Etymology

      From Latin vadere.

      Verb

      vader

      1. alternative form of anar to go

      Conjugation

      This verb needs an inflection-table template.

      Swedish

      Noun

      vader

      1. indefinite plural of vad

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