Vader

See also: vader, vàder, vâder, väder, and våder

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Voder, Fader
• Våder, Vaoder, Voader
• Vadder
• Vatter
• Vaër
• Vaar

Etymology

From Middle Low German vāder, from Old Saxon fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Compare Dutch vader, German Vater, North Frisian faaðer, English father, Danish fader.

Noun

Vader m (genitive Vaders, plural Vaders)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) father

Descendants

• → Kashubian: fôder

See also

• Kind
• Moder
• Meume