Fatter

See also: fatter

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• fater, Vater, Vatter, vàtter

Etymology

From Middle High German vatter, vater, from Old High German fater.

Cognate with German Vater, Dutch vader, Plautdietsch Voda, West Frisian faar, English father, Icelandic faðir, Swedish far.

Noun

Fatter m

1. (Uri) father

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German fatter, fater, from Old High German fater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfatɐ/

Noun

Fatter m (plural Fetter)

1. father

   Sie hod sein Fatter net gekennd.

   She didn't know her father.

Antonyms

• Mutter

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Fatter”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 47