Vader
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Vader m (genitive Vaders, plural Vaders)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) father