# Vater vs Vätern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Vater
*noun · IPA [ˈfaːtɐ] · frequency rank #536*
männlicher Elternteil

### Vätern
*noun · IPA [ˈfɛːtɐn] · frequency rank #26,230*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Vater

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/vater-vs-vatern