Stiefvater

See also: Stiefväter

German

Etymology

From Old High German stioffater. Cognate with Dutch stiefvader, English stepfather, Danish stedfar, Swedish styvfar, Icelandic stjúpfaðir. By surface analysis, stief- (“step-”) +‎ Vater (“father”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃtiːfˌfaːtɐ/, /ˈʃtiːfˌfaːtər/
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Noun

Stiefvater m (strong, genitive Stiefvaters, plural Stiefväter)

stepfather

Declension

Declension of Stiefvater [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stiefvater	die	Stiefväter
genitive	eines	des	Stiefvaters	der	Stiefväter
dative	einem	dem	Stiefvater	den	Stiefvätern
accusative	einen	den	Stiefvater	die	Stiefväter

Hypernyms

Stiefeltern

Derived terms

stiefväterlich

Further reading

“Stiefvater” in Duden online
“Stiefvater” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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