Feder

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Feder. === Proper noun === Feder (plural Feders) A surname from German, equivalent to English Feather. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Feder is the 11026th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2884 individuals. Feder is most common among White (95.6%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Feder”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vëdere, from Old High German fëdara (akin to Old Saxon fethara), from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Low German Fedder, Dutch veder, veer, English feather, Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeːdəʁ/, [ˈfeːdɐ] Rhymes: -eːdɐ Hyphenation: Fe‧der === Noun === Feder f (genitive Feder, plural Federn, diminutive Federchen n) feather spring (of a machine or gadget) (historical) quill pen nib (of a fountain pen) Synonym: Federspitze (metonymic) penholder, fountain pen Synonyms: Federhalter, Füllfederhalter ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Feder m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Feders or (with an article) Feder, feminine genitive Feder, plural Feders or Feder) a surname, equivalent to English Feather ==== Descendants ==== English: Feder, Feather === Further reading === “Feder” in Duden online “Feder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Feder” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Feder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891