Pate
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"
English
[edit]Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Pate
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German pate, bate, from Medieval Latin pāter spīrituālis. Compare Middle Low German pāde, Old High German pate (“godmother”), Middle High German pfetter (from Old High German pfetiro (“godfather”)). Related to German Pfetter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Pate m (weak, genitive Paten, plural Paten, feminine Patin) (All inflected forms are Paten.)
- godfather
- Synonyms: Gevatter, Götti, Patenonkel, Taufpate
Declension
[edit]Declension of Pate [masculine, weak]
Further reading
[edit]- “Pate” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pate” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pate” in Duden online
Pate on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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