Pate
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"
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Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Pate
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Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
Pate m (weak, genitive Paten, plural Paten, feminine Patin) (All inflected forms are Paten.)
- godfather
- Synonyms: Gevatter, Götti, Patenonkel, Taufpate
Declension edit
Declension of Pate [masculine, weak]
Further reading edit
- “Pate” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pate” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pate” in Duden online
- Pate on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de