Pate

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pate

1. An island in Kenya.
2. A surname.

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Peat, Peta, epta-, peat, peta-, tape, tepa

German

Etymology

From Middle High German pate, bate, from Medieval Latin pāter spīrituālis. Compare Middle Low German pāde, Old High German pate (“godmother”), Middle High German pfetter (from Old High German pfetiro (“godfather”)). Related to German Pfetter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːtə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːtə

Noun

Pate m (weak, genitive Paten, plural Paten, feminine Patin) (All inflected forms are Paten.)

1. godfather

   Synonyms: Gevatter, Götti, Patenonkel, Taufpate

Declension

Declension of Pate [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pate	die	Paten
genitive	eines	des	Paten	der	Paten
dative	einem	dem	Paten	den	Paten
accusative	einen	den	Paten	die	Paten

Further reading

• “Pate” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pate” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pate” in Duden online
• Pate on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de