🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
Vater
A1 noun Familie
🇬🇧 English: father
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🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
noun

Männlicher Elternteil.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A male parent. The informal word is 'dad' or 'daddy'.

Grammatik

🇩🇪 German

Gender: maskulin (der). Plural: die Väter.

🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: fathers. Informal equivalents: dad, daddy, pa. Common collocations: father figure, grandfather, father-in-law, fatherly. 'Father' is more formal than 'dad'.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Father's Day is celebrated in the UK and many English-speaking countries on the third Sunday of June. Fathers receive cards and gifts. The phrase 'like father, like son' means a son has the same qualities as his father. 'Father Christmas' is another name for Santa Claus in Britain.

Beispielsätze

Ihr Vater ist mit ihr gerannt.

"Ihr Vater ist mit ihr gerannt."

🇬🇧 "Her father ran with her."

Der Vater küsst seinen Sohn.

"Der Vater küsst seinen Sohn."

🇬🇧 "The father kisses his son."

Lückentext 🇩🇪 German

Ihr ___ ist mit ihr gerannt.

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