how to pronounce vater

/ˈfaːtəʁ/

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the above transcription of vater is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

vater is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

aː

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An example use of vater in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… gewusst er ist mein vater er ist er ist …”

meanings of vater

noun:

Father.

vater frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word vater occurs in german on average 174.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.