Paternoster

See also: paternoster, páternoster, Pater noster, and pater noster

English

Proper noun

Paternoster (plural Paternosters)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Paternoster is the 26814^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 907 individuals. Paternoster is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.

Anagrams

• penetrators, seropattern, transportee

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pater noster, from Latin Pater noster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaː.tərˈnɔs.tər/

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• Hyphenation: Pa‧ter‧nos‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɔstər

Noun

Paternoster m or n (plural Paternosters)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Lord's Prayer

   Synonym: Onzevader

See also

• paternoster

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Paternoster n (strong, genitive Paternosters, plural Paternoster)

1. Lord's Prayer

   Synonym: Vaterunser

2. rosary

   Synonym: Rosenkranz

Declension

Declension of Paternoster [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Paternoster	die	Paternoster
genitive	eines	des	Paternosters	der	Paternoster
dative	einem	dem	Paternoster	den	Paternostern
accusative	ein	das	Paternoster	die	Paternoster

Noun

Paternoster m (strong, genitive Paternosters, plural Paternoster)

1. paternoster lift

   Synonyms: Paternosteraufzug, Fahrstuhl ohne Fahrkorbtür, Umlaufaufzug, Personenumlaufaufzug, Paternoster-Umlaufaufzug, Beamtenbagger, Beamtenheber, Bonzenheber, Bonzenbagger, Bonzenschleuder, Proletenbagger

2. (fishing) additional side lines on the line

Declension

Declension of Paternoster [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Paternoster	die	Paternoster
genitive	eines	des	Paternosters	der	Paternoster
dative	einem	dem	Paternoster	den	Paternostern
accusative	einen	den	Paternoster	die	Paternoster

Further reading

• “Paternoster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pater noster

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.terˌnos.ter/

Noun

Paternoster m

1. the Lord's Prayer

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Pater-noster”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.