# pater

> German word · Noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #8,439

## Definitions
1. der Vater
2. die Eltern, Vorfahren, Ahnen
3. Vater von etwas
4. Vater von etwas
5. Vater von etwas
6. als Ehrentitel
7. Pater, katholischer Ordensgeistlicher
8. Kirchenväter

## Easily confused with
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-per)
- **Peer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-peer)
- **Pier** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-pier)
- **Petr** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-petr)
- **path** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-path)
- **patt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-patt)
- **Peter** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-peter)
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-power)
- **Poker** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-poker)
- **purer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-purer)
- **Pavel** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-pavel)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-plate)
- **Puder** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-puder)
- **Player** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-player)
- **Poster** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-poster)
- **Peters** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-peters)
- **potter** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-potter)
- **Prager** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-prager)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-porter)
- **planer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pater-vs-planer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apter`, `paetr`, `paterr`, `patre`, `patter`, `ppater`, `ptaer`

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