vader

See also: Vader, vàder, vâder, väder, and våder

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vader, from Middle Dutch vader, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːdər/

• Audio:

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Noun

vader (plural vaders or vadere)

1. father

   Lukas is jou vader.

   Lukas is your father.

Coordinate terms

• moeder

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) vaeder, vaar, vaâr, vaêr

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr

Proto-Germanic *fadēr

Proto-West Germanic *fader

Old Dutch fadar

Middle Dutch vāder

Dutch vader

From Middle Dutch vāder, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaː.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: va‧der
• Rhymes: -aːdər

Noun

vader m (plural vaders or vaderen or gevaderen, diminutive vadertje n or vaderke n, feminine moeder)

1. father, male parent
2. forefather

   Dit boek beschrijft de daden der vaderen.

   This books describes the doings of our forefathers.

Derived terms

• aartsvader
• adoptiefvader
• concilievader
• grootvader
• huisvader
• kerkvader
• pleegvader
• plusvader
• schoonvader
• stiefvader
• vadercomplex
• vaderfiguur
• vaderland
• vaderlijk
• vadermoord
• vaderschap
• voorvader
• vroede vaderen

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vader
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir
• Javindo: fader
• Jersey Dutch: vâder
• Negerhollands: vader
• Skepi Creole Dutch: father

Further reading

• “vader” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Anagrams

• daver
• raved

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German vadder.

Noun

vader (genitive vaderi, partitive vaderit)

1. godparent

Declension

Declension of vader (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vader	vaderid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vaderi
genitive			vaderite
partitive		vaderit	vadereid
illative		vaderisse	vaderitesse vadereisse
inessive		vaderis	vaderites vadereis
elative		vaderist	vaderitest vadereist
allative		vaderile	vaderitele vadereile
adessive		vaderil	vaderitel vadereil
ablative		vaderilt	vaderitelt vadereilt
translative		vaderiks	vaderiteks vadereiks
terminative		vaderini	vaderiteni
essive		vaderina	vaderitena
abessive		vaderita	vaderiteta
comitative		vaderiga	vaderitega

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.de/
• Homophones: vadai, vadé, vadée, vadées, vadés, vadez

Etymology 1

From Acadian French, from Latin vadere.

Verb

vader

1. (nonstandard, Louisiana, Cajun) Alternative form of aller, to go

   Il vadait dans la prairie avec son pirogue et il attendait des pièges. ― He would go into the prairie with his pirogue and he would wait on the traps.

Usage notes

• In Cajun French, the conjugations of vader are used interchangeably with aller and its conjugations.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vadant
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vadé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	va or vas	vas	va	vadons	vadez	vont
	imperfect	vadais	vadais	vadait	vadions	vadiez	vadaient
	past historic2	vadai	vadas	vada	vadâmes	vadâtes	vadèrent
	future	vadrai	vadras	vadra	vadrons	vadrez	vadront
	conditional	vadrais	vadrais	vadrait	vadrions	vadriez	vadraient
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	vade	vades	vade	vadions	vadiez	vadent
	imperfect2	vadasse	vadasses	vadât	vadassions	vadassiez	vadassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	va	—	vadons	vadez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

References

• The law-French dictionary alphabetically digested, John Adam's copy

Etymology 2

Either directly from Latin vadere or a shortening of s’évader. In any case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.

Verb

vader

1. (Switzerland) to get away

Conjugation

Conjugation of vader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vadant /va.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vadé /va.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vade /vad/	vades /vad/	vade /vad/	vadons /va.dɔ̃/	vadez /va.de/	vadent /vad/
	imperfect	vadais /va.dɛ/	vadais /va.dɛ/	vadait /va.dɛ/	vadions /va.djɔ̃/	vadiez /va.dje/	vadaient /va.dɛ/
	past historic2	vadai /va.de/	vadas /va.da/	vada /va.da/	vadâmes /va.dam/	vadâtes /va.dat/	vadèrent /va.dɛʁ/
	future	vaderai /va.dʁe/	vaderas /va.dʁa/	vadera /va.dʁa/	vaderons /va.dʁɔ̃/	vaderez /va.dʁe/	vaderont /va.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vaderais /va.dʁɛ/	vaderais /va.dʁɛ/	vaderait /va.dʁɛ/	vaderions /va.də.ʁjɔ̃/	vaderiez /va.də.ʁje/	vaderaient /va.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	vade /vad/	vades /vad/	vade /vad/	vadions /va.djɔ̃/	vadiez /va.dje/	vadent /vad/
	imperfect2	vadasse /va.das/	vadasses /va.das/	vadât /va.da/	vadassions /va.da.sjɔ̃/	vadassiez /va.da.sje/	vadassent /va.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vade /vad/	—	vadons /va.dɔ̃/	vadez /va.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin vadere.

Verb

vader

1. to go

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vader

infinitive		vader
participle		present	perfect
		vadente	vadite
active		simple	perfect
	present	vade, va	ha vadite
	past	vadeva	habeva vadite
	future	vadera	habera vadite
	conditional	vaderea	haberea vadite
	imperative	vade
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es vadite	ha essite vadite
	past	esseva vadite	habeva essite vadite
	future	essera vadite	habera essite vadite
	conditional	esserea vadite	haberea essite vadite
	imperative	sia vadite

Latin

Verb

vader

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vadō

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• vaer (loss of -d-)

Etymology

From Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

vāder m

1. father

Inflection

Declension of vāder

	Singular	Plural
nominative	vāder	vādre
accusative	vāder	vādren, -ders
genitive	vāder, -ders	vādre
dative	vāder, -dere	vādren, -ders

Derived terms

• biechtvader
• grootvader
• medevader
• oudevader
• outvader
• schoonvader
• stiefvader
• sweervader
• swegervader
• vaderboec
• vaderen
• vadergoet
• vaderlant
• vaderlijc
• vaderlike
• vaderloos
• vaderrike
• voestervader
• vorevader

 

Descendants

• Dutch: vader, (obsolete) vaeder, vaar, vaâr, vaêr
  • Afrikaans: vader
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fadir
  • Javindo: fader
  • Jersey Dutch: vâder
  • Negerhollands: vader
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: father
• Limburgish: vajer, vader

Further reading

• “vader”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vader”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

vader

1. Alternative form of fader

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vader

1. present of vade

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vader

1. present of vada

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin vadere.

Verb

vader

1. Alternative form of anar to go.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Noun

vader

1. indefinite plural of vad

Anagrams

• varde, vreda