Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feder

/fˈɛdɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: fed-er
IPA: /fˈɛdɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German, equivalent to English Feather.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ Proto-Germanic *feþrō Proto-West Germanic *feþru Old High German fëdara Middle High German vëdere German Federbor. English Feder Borrowed from German Feder.

Inflected Forms

Feders (plural)

Homonyms

fedor

Rhymes With

header cheddar shredder spreader fedor eder vedder redder tedder deader raeder schraeder

Questions

How do you pronounce feder?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɛdɚ/.
What does feder mean?: A surname from German, equivalent to English Feather.
Where does feder come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ Proto-Germanic *feþrō Proto-West Germanic *feþru Old High German fëdara Middle High German vëdere German Federbor. English Feder Borrowed from German Feder.

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