faster
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæstɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːstə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: fast‧er
Etymology 1 edit
fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Adjective edit
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Adverb edit
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Etymology 2 edit
fast (“refrain from eating”) + -er.
Noun edit
faster (plural fasters)
- One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
Translations edit
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Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to far (“father”) + søster (“sister”), from Old Norse fǫðursystir.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)
- paternal aunt (one's father's sister)
Declension edit
Hypernyms edit
References edit
- “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Elfdalian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.
Noun edit
faster f
- paternal aunt
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”).
Noun edit
faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
faster c
Verb edit
faster
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
faster f (definite singular fastra, indefinite plural fastrer, definite plural fastrene)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
faster f
- indefinite plural of faste
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta
References edit
- “faster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.
Adjective edit
faster
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | faster | fast | fast |
accusative | fastan | fasta | fast |
dative | fastum fastom |
fastri fastre |
fastu fasto |
genitive | fasts | fastrar | fasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fastir faster |
fastar | fast |
accusative | fasta | fastar | fast |
dative | fastum fastom |
fastum fastom |
fastum fastom |
genitive | fastra fasta |
fastra fasta |
fastra fasta |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fasti faste |
fasta | fasta |
accusative | fasta | fastu fasto |
fasta |
dative | fasta | fastu fasto |
fasta |
genitive | fasta | fastu fasto |
fasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
accusative | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
dative | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
genitive | fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
fastu fasto |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: fast
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
faster c
Declension edit
Declension of faster | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | faster | fastern | fastrar | fastrarna |
Genitive | fasters | fasterns | fastrars | fastrarnas |
See also edit
References edit
- faster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- faster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- faster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)