Vater

"Don't cry, mein Vater! we were all so good, we did our lessons, without you, and Franz was the master."

Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871

The result of my application to the Vater was the instant calling out of several young lads, who crouched all day in the darkest end of the room — a condemned corner, abounding in vermin; and I heard no more of the sink and so forth.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

I believe that it is only the memories of the ghetto that still preserve the Jewish family, for the word "Vater" too is far from meaning the Jewish father.

F. Kafka, Everyman Smith, Zadie 2008

“Well Sir … Vater,” he corrected, “how will we know the heathens from the chosen?”

365 tomorrows » Roi R. Czechvala : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

“Well Sir … Vater,” he corrected, “how will we know the heathens from the chosen?”

365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

Mr. Vater and Ms. Aroon's book, "Sacred Skin," delivers a playful yet thorough account of the origins, meaning and mysticism of sak yant.

Baring Southeast Asia's Sacred Tattoos Ron Gluckman 2011

While Mr. Vater discusses the arrival of sak yant in Thailand from Indian and Khmer lineages, Mr. Cummings digs further into the history of tattooing.

Baring Southeast Asia's Sacred Tattoos Ron Gluckman 2011

Mr. Vater describes how one tattoo supposedly protected its wearer from bullets in last year's street battles.

Baring Southeast Asia's Sacred Tattoos Ron Gluckman 2011

One chapter describes Grimm's Law -- the way that Latin "pater" becomes German "Vater" and English "father" -- but never mentions Jakob Grimm (of fairytale fame), who first noted this pattern.

David Crystal's 'A Little Book of Language,' reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010

Auch Boye müsse, wie wir alle, nach der Mutter, dem Vater in sich gesucht, und diese, in wachsendem Maß, und durch andre Gestalten ersetzt haben...

Archive 2010-09-01 David McDuff 2010