farbror

Danish

Alternative forms

• farbroder

Etymology

Old Norse fǫðurbróðir, equivalent to far +‎ bror.

Noun

farbror

1. paternal uncle, one's father's brother

Declension

Declension of farbror

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	farbror	farbroren	farbrødre	farbrødrene
genitive	farbrors	farbrorens	farbrødres	farbrødrenes

Hypernyms

• onkel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From far (“father”) +‎ bror (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑrbrʊr/

Noun

farbror m (plural farbroren)

1. uncle on the father's side

References

• “farbror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish kinship terms

Etymology

far +‎ bror

Pronunciation

• Audio; “farbröder”:

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Noun

farbror c

1. a paternal uncle
2. (somewhat dated) a term of address for an older man
3. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a man or older man in general

Declension

Declension of farbror

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	farbror	farbrors
	definite	farbrodern	farbroderns
plural	indefinite	farbröder	farbröders
	definite	farbröderna	farbrödernas

See also

• morbror (“maternal uncle”)
• onkel (rare)

References

• “farbror”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “farbror”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “farbror”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)