fa'r

Danish

Etymology

Contraction of fader (“father”). Eventually this form became normalized, and the apostrophe omitted: far, whereas fader came to occupy a formal register. Compare mo'r, bro'r.

Noun

fa'r

  1. (obsolete) father
    • 1911, Palle Adam Vilhelm Rosenkrantz: Første Elsker
      "De tror, at Fa'r er Enkemand," sagde hun, ligesom om hun sprang ud i det, -- "det er han ikke. Mo'r lever.
      "You/they think that dad is a widower," she said, as though jumping out into it, -- "he is not. Mom is alive.
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