vater

See also: Vater, váter, vàter, vatër, Vater, and Väter

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvatər/, /ˈfatər/

Noun

vater m

1. father

Usage notes

The old consonant stems vater and bruoder often remain uninflected in the singular, as gen. vater, bruoder beside vaters, bruoders. In the plural they take umlaut, as veter, brüeder.

Declension

Declension of vater (strong masculine in -r)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	vater	die	veter
genitive	eines	dës	vater, vaters	dër	veter
dative	eime	dëm	vater	dën	vetern
accusative	einen	dën	vater	die	veter

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter

  Italian Walser: fater, vàtter

  Swabian:

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)

  Mòcheno:

  Udinese: votar, voter

• Central Franconian: Vader

  Hunsrik: Fatter

  Transylvanian Saxon: Foater

• East Central German: Voater

  Vilamovian: foter, fōter

• East Franconian:
• German: Vater, Vatter
  • → Central Franconian: Vatter
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German:

• Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)