Beichtvater
German (Berlin)
/ˈbaɪ̯çtˌfaːtɐ/
noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) confessor priest who accepts someone’s confession
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bīhtvater compound from German Beichte (confession) + German Vater (father).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Vater
Gloss
father
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
父
Emoji
🎅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- father English
- Beichte German
- Beichtkind German
- Familienvater German
- Gevatter German
- Gicht German
- Großvater German
- Gründervater German
- Kirchenvater German
- Landesvater German
- Pflegevater German
- Rabenvater German
- Schwiegervater German
- Stiefvater German
- Vater German
- Vaterbruder German
- Vaterland German
- Vatermörder German
- Vaterschaft German
- Vaterschwester German
- Vatersmutter German
- Vatersschwester German
- Vaterstadt German
- Vati German
- Ziehvater German
- vaterlos German
- väterlich German
- Ältervater German
- fater Polish
- bigiht Old High German
- bīht Middle High German
- bīhtvater Middle High German
- vater Middle High German
- fat Volapük