faster

See also: FASTER and fäster

English

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæstɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːstə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: fast‧er

Etymology 1

fast (“quick; quickly”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

faster

  1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Adverb

faster

  1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Etymology 2

fast (“refrain from eating”) +‎ -er.

Noun

faster (plural fasters)

  1. One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to far (“father”) +‎ søster (“sister”), from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fastər/, [ˈfasd̥ɐ]

Noun

faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)

  1. paternal aunt (one's father's sister)

Declension
Declension of faster
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fasteren fastre fastrene
genitive fasters fasterens fastres fastrenes

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫðursystir. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

faster f

  1. paternal aunt

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”).

Noun

faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene)

  1. a paternal aunt

Noun

faster c

  1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

  1. present of faste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.

Alternative forms

Noun

faster f (definite singular fastra, indefinite plural fastrer, definite plural fastrene)

  1. a paternal aunt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

faster f

  1. indefinite plural of faste
  2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Adjective

faster

  1. fast, firm

Declension
Declension of faster (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fast fast
accusative fastan fasta fast
dative fastum
fastom		 fastri
fastre		 fastu
fasto
genitive fasts fastrar fasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fastar fast
accusative fasta fastar fast
dative fastum
fastom		 fastum
fastom		 fastum
fastom
genitive fastra
fasta		 fastra
fasta		 fastra
fasta
Declension of faster (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fasti
faste		 fasta fasta
accusative fasta fastu
fasto		 fasta
dative fasta fastu
fasto		 fasta
genitive fasta fastu
fasto		 fasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto
accusative fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto
dative fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto
genitive fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto		 fastu
fasto

Descendants
  • Swedish: fast

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation
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Noun

faster c

  1. paternal aunt

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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References

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