Borrowed fromGerman Vater .
Vater (plural Vaters )
Asurname from German .According to the 2010 United States Census,Vater is the 37076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals.Vater is most common among White (95.85%) individuals. Vatter ( obsolete, except informally, representing the regional pronunciation ) FromMiddle High German vater , fromOld High German fater , fromProto-West Germanic *fader , fromProto-Germanic *fadēr , fromProto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr . Germanic cognates includeDutch vader ,Low German Vader ,English father ,Danish fader ,Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 ( fadar ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈfaːtər/ ,/ˈfaːtɐ/ ,[ˈfɑːtʰɐ] IPA (key ) : /ˈfatər/ ,/ˈfatɐ/ ( Rhenish, Westphalian, Swabian ) IPA (key ) : [ˈfɑːtər] ( Swiss, Austro-Bavarian ) Vater m (strong ,genitive Vaters ,plural Väter ,diminutive Väterchen n )
father Coordinate terms: ( by birth order ) Sohn m ;( by sex ) Mutter f Declension ofVater [masculine, strong ]