vater

== Middle High German == === Alternative forms === fater, fatter, vatter === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvatər/, /ˈfatər/ === Noun === vater m father ==== Usage notes ==== The old consonant stems vater and bruoder often remain uninflected in the singular, as gen. vater, bruoder beside vaters, bruoders. In the plural they take umlaut, as veter, brüeder. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter Italian Walser: fater, vàtter Bavarian: vadda Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni) Udinese: votar, voter Central Franconian: Vader Hunsrik: Fatter Transylvanian Saxon: Foater East Central German: Voater Vilamovian: foter, fōter German: Vater, Vatter (obsolete, except informally, representing the regional pronunciation)→ English: Vater→ Central Franconian: Vatter→ Polish: fater, fader Rhine Franconian: Pennsylvania German: Vadder Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “vater”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “vater”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 3rd edition