Polyglot Dictionary

Papa

/ˈpapa/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Papas

Meaning

  1. dad

    • Papa kommt gleich.

      Dad is coming soon.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Vater

Same relationship as Mutter / Mama: Papa is what you call him directly; Vater is the neutral word for talking about him.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

papai

papai is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dad."

Practice

1 What does Papa mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ kommt gleich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Papa?

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