Noun: Vater
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Vater |
| Plural | Väter |
Definite
| Singular | der Vater |
| Plural | die Väter |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Vaters |
| Plural | Väter |
Definite
| Singular | des Vaters |
| Plural | der Väter |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Vater |
| Plural | Vätern |
Definite
| Singular | dem Vater |
| Plural | den Vätern |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Vater |
| Plural | Väter |
Definite
| Singular | den Vater |
| Plural | die Väter |
Sample Sentences
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Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten. (My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday.)
Nouns inflected like Vater
Vater,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
4. Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr
5. Proto-Germanic *fadēr
6. Proto-West Germanic *fader
7. Old High German fater
8. Middle High German vater
9. German Vater
10. From Middle High German vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Germanic cognates include Dutch vader, Low German Vader, English father, Danish fader, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar). See: Dutch Nouns '
vader', English Nouns '
father', Danish Nouns '
fader', Gothic Nouns '
𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂'.
Verbs referencing "Vater"
Faroese Nouns
faðir, Icelandic Nouns
faðir.
Translations