Gevatter

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gevatere, gevater, gefater, from Old High German gifatero (“godfather”), from Proto-West Germanic *gafaderjō, equivalent to ge- +‎ Vater. Cognate with Old English ġefædera (“godfather”), Middle Low German gevādere, Dutch gevader. Compare also Medieval Latin compater. It is unclear whether the Germanic words were calqued from the Latin, or vice versa (compare Late Latin compāniō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈfatɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧vat‧ter
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Noun

Gevatter m (strong, genitive Gevatters, plural Gevatter)

  1. godfather

Declension
Declension of Gevatter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Gevatter die Gevatter
genitive eines des Gevatters der Gevatter
dative einem dem Gevatter den Gevattern
accusative einen den Gevatter die Gevatter

Derived terms
  • Gevatterschaft

Further reading
  • “Gevatter” in Duden online
  • “Gevatter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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