Declension of German noun Pater with plural and article

The declension of the noun Pater (Father, father) is in singular genitive Paters and in the plural nominative Patres/Pater. The noun Pater is declined with the declension endings s/res/er. The voice of Pater is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Pater but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · irregular · regular⁵ · -s, - · -s, -⁵

der Pater

Paters · Patres/Pater⁵

Foreign endings   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

⁵ Only in colloquial use

English Father, father, order priest, padre, priest

/ˈpaːtɐ/ · /ˈpaːtɐs/ · /ˈpaːtʁeːs/

[Religion, …] Anrede für Priester, insbesondere Ordenspriester; Ordenspriester

» Wo ist Pater Benedikt? English Where is Father Benedict?

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Declension of Pater in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derPater
Gen. desPaters
Dat. demPater
Acc. denPater

Plural

Nom. diePatres/Pater⁵
Gen. derPatres/Pater⁵
Dat. denPatres/Patern⁵
Acc. diePatres/Pater⁵

⁵ Only in colloquial use

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Example sentences for Pater

  • Wo ist Pater Benedikt? 
    English Where is Father Benedict?
  • Pater Tom betet in der alten Kapelle. 
    English Father Tom is praying in the old chapel.
  • Ein junger Pater spricht einige kurze Gebete. 
    English A young priest speaks some short prayers.
  • Immer wieder wirft sich der Pater vor dem Kreuz zu Boden. 
    English The priest repeatedly throws himself to the ground before the cross.
  • Jetzt läuft der Pater zum Heck, um dem Iren am Besansegel zu helfen. 
    English Now the priest is running to the stern to help the Irishman with the mainsail.
  • Gegen die Beichtväter der Fürsten richtet Pater Spee in seinem Gewissensbuch die schwersten Vorwürfe. 
    English Against the confessors of the princes, Father Spee directs the gravest accusations in his book of conscience.
  • Wie es heißt, enthält das Papier neue brisante Details über sexuelle Verfehlungen von Patres hinter Klostermauern. 
    English As it is said, the paper contains new explosive details about sexual misconduct by fathers behind monastery walls.
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Translation of German Pater

German Pater
English Father, father, order priest, padre, priest
Russian орденский священник, оте́ц, отец, па́тер, патер
Spanish sacerdote, Padre, padre, párroco
French père, prêtre
Turkish papaz, rahip, baba
Portuguese padre, pároco, sacerdote
Italian padre, frate, prete, sacerdote
Romanian preot de ordin, părinte
Hungarian páter, atya, rendfőnök, szerzetespap
Polish ojciec, ojciec zakonny
Greek πατέρας, ιερέας καθολικού τάγματος
Dutch pater, ordenspriester, vader
Czech páter
Swedish fader, ordenspräst, pater, präst
Danish fader, ordenspræst
Japanese 修道士, 神父
Catalan pare, pàter
Finnish isä, kansanpappi, ordenspappi, pappi
Norwegian ordensprest
Basque aita, ordeneko apaiza
Serbian otac, redovni sveštenik, sveštenik
Macedonian поп, редовен свештеник
Slovenian redovni duhovnik
Slowakisch páter, rehoľník
Bosnian otac, redovnik
Croatian redovnik
Ukrainian батько, орденський священик, отче
Bulgarian орденен свещеник, отец
Belorussian ордзенскі святар, святар
Indonesian Padre
Vietnamese Cha
Uzbek Padre
Hindi फादर
Chinese 神父
Thai คุณพ่อ
Korean 신부님
Azerbaijani Padre
Georgian ფადრი
Bengali ফাদার
Albanian Prift
Marathi फादर
Nepali फादर
Telugu ఫాదర్
Latvian Tēvs
Tamil பிதா
Estonian preester
Armenian Հայր
Kurdish Padri
Hebrewאב، אבא، כומר
Arabicأب، كاهن
Persianپدر، کشیش
Urduپادری

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Meanings and synonyms of Pater
  • [Religion] Anrede für Priester, insbesondere Ordenspriester
  • Ordenspriester
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Declension forms of Pater

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Pater in all cases

The declension of Pater as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Pater is crucial.

Declension Pater

Singular Plural
Nom. der Pater die Patres/Pater
Gen. des Paters der Patres/Pater
Dat. dem Pater den Patres/Patern
Acc. den Pater die Patres/Pater

Declension Pater

  • Singular: der Pater, des Paters, dem Pater, den Pater
  • Plural: die Patres/Pater, der Patres/Pater, den Patres/Patern, die Patres/Pater

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⁵ only in colloquial use

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 181572, 181572

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 181572, 181572, 861600, 88990, 124228, 286213

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 7984150

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