English

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• afters, farest, strafe

Danish

Noun

faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)

1. paternal aunt

Inflection

References

• “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

faster m, 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

Descendants

• Swedish: fast

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

faster c

1. paternal aunt

Declension

See also

• moster