faster

See also: fäster

English

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ), -ɑːstə(ɹ)

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. Agent noun of fast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts.
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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse fǫðursystir, equivalent to fader (“father”) +‎ søster (“sister”).

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 faster fasteren fastre fastrene
genitive fasters fasterens fastres fastrenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

faster m or f

  1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

  1. present tense of faste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

faster f

  1. indefinite plural of faste

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 faster fast fast
accusative fastan fasta fast
dative fastum, -om fastri, -re fastu, -o
genitive fasts fastrar fasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fastir, -e(r) fastar fast
accusative fasta fastar fast
dative fastum, -om fastum, -om fastum, -om
genitive fastra fastra fastra
Declension of faster (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fasti, -e fasta fasta
accusative fasta fastu, -o fasta
dative fasta fastu, -o fasta
genitive fasta fastu, -o fasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fastu, -o fastu, -o fastu, -o
accusative fastu, -o fastu, -o fastu, -o
dative fastu, -o fastu, -o fastu, -o
genitive fastu, -o fastu, -o fastu, -o

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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Noun

faster c

  1. paternal aunt

Declension
Declension of faster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative faster fastern fastrar fastrarna
Genitive fasters fasterns fastrars fastrarnas

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