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vader
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Etymology
From Dutch vader, from Middle Dutch vader, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
vader (plural vaders or vadere)
- father
- Lukas is jou vader.
- Lukas is your father.
Coordinate terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
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)
- father, male parent
- forefather
- Dit boek beschrijft de daden der vaderen.
- This books describes the doings of our forefathers.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “vader” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Anagrams
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Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German vadder.
Noun
vader (genitive vaderi, partitive vaderit)
Declension
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Acadian French, from Latin vadere.
Verb
vader
- (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
Conjugation of vader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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
- (Switzerland) to get away
Conjugation
Conjugation of vader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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Interlingua
Etymology
Verb
vader
- to go
Conjugation
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Latin
Verb
vader
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
Inflection
Derived terms
- biechtvader
- grootvader
- medevader
- oudevader
- outvader
- schoonvader
- stiefvader
- sweervader
- swegervader
- vaderboec
- vaderen
- vadergoet
- vaderlant
- vaderlijc
- vaderlike
- vaderloos
- vaderrike
- voestervader
- vorevader
Descendants
Further reading
- “vader”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vader”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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Middle English
Noun
vader
- alternative form of fader
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
vader
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
vader
Occitan
Etymology
Verb
vader
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Noun
vader
- indefinite plural of vad
Anagrams
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