"fater" meaning in Old High German

See fater in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*fader}} Proto-West Germanic *fader, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*fadēr}} Proto-Germanic *fadēr, {{inh|goh|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} fater m, {{goh-noun|m}} fater m Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fater [nominative, singular], faterā [nominative, plural], fatera [nominative, plural], fater [accusative, singular], faterā [accusative, plural], fatera [accusative, plural], fater [genitive, singular], fateres [genitive, singular], fatero [genitive, plural], fater [dative, singular], fatere [dative, singular], faterum [dative, plural], faterun [dative, plural], fateron [dative, plural], fater [instrumental, singular], fateru [instrumental, singular], {{{10}}} [instrumental, plural]
  1. father Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "vater"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: vater",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: vater"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Vatter",
            "3": "Vater",
            "4": "Fatter"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italian Walser: fater, vàtter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "swg",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Swabian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swabian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bar",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Bavarian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bavarian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cim",
            "2": "vatar",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mhn",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Mòcheno:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mòcheno:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Udinese: votar, voter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "Vader"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: Vader",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: Vader"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Fatter"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Fatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Fatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-tsx",
            "2": "Foater"
          },
          "expansion": "Transylvanian Saxon: Foater",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Transylvanian Saxon: Foater"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-ecg",
            "2": "Voater"
          },
          "expansion": "East Central German: Voater",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "East Central German: Voater"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wym",
            "2": "foter"
          },
          "expansion": "Vilamovian: foter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vilamovian: foter, fōter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vmf",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "East Franconian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "East Franconian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Vater",
            "3": "Vatter"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Vater, Vatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Vater, Vatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "Vatter",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Central Franconian: Vatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Central Franconian: Vatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-rfr",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Rhine Franconian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rhine Franconian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdc",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Pennsylvania German:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pennsylvania German:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פֿאָטער"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fader"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fader",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fadēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fadēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fateres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fateron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fateru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{10}}}",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fater m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fater m",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "id": "en-fater-goh-noun-iKGIHwAl",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fater"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "vater"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: vater",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: vater"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Vatter",
            "3": "Vater",
            "4": "Fatter"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italian Walser: fater, vàtter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "swg",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Swabian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swabian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bar",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Bavarian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bavarian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cim",
            "2": "vatar",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mhn",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Mòcheno:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mòcheno:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Udinese: votar, voter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "Vader"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: Vader",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: Vader"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Fatter"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Fatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Fatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-tsx",
            "2": "Foater"
          },
          "expansion": "Transylvanian Saxon: Foater",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Transylvanian Saxon: Foater"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-ecg",
            "2": "Voater"
          },
          "expansion": "East Central German: Voater",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "East Central German: Voater"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wym",
            "2": "foter"
          },
          "expansion": "Vilamovian: foter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vilamovian: foter, fōter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vmf",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "East Franconian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "East Franconian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Vater",
            "3": "Vatter"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Vater, Vatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Vater, Vatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "Vatter",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Central Franconian: Vatter",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Central Franconian: Vatter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-rfr",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Rhine Franconian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rhine Franconian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdc",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Pennsylvania German:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pennsylvania German:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פֿאָטער"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fader"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fader",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fadēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fadēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fateres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faterun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fateron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fater",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fateru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{10}}}",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fater m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fater m",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Old High German links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Old High German masculine nouns",
        "Old High German nouns",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fater"
}

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  "msg": "Template nesting error: template_nesting = 1 couldn't split inflection templates, fater/Old High German section declension",
  "path": [
    "fater"
  ],
  "section": "Old High German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fater",
  "trace": ""
}

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