giver

giver

English

Etymology

From Middle English gyffare, yevere, ȝevere, ȝyvere, equivalent to give +‎ -er. Cognate with German Geber (“donor”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪvə(r)

Noun

giver (plural givers)

1. One who gives; a donor or contributor.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:giver

Antonyms

• See Thesaurus:taker

Derived terms

• Indian giver

Translations

one who gives

Arabic: مُعْطٍ‎ m (muʿṭin) Bulgarian: дарител (bg) m (daritel) Chinese: Mandarin: (no exact term exists, literally:) 給予者, 给予者 (jǐyǔ zhě), (one who donates) 捐贈者, 捐赠者 (juānzèng zhě), (one who gives presents) 送禮者, 送礼者 (sònglǐ zhě) Finnish: antaja (fi), luovuttaja (fi) German: Geber m, Geberin f, Gebender m, Gebende f, Spender (de) m, Spenderin (de) f, Schenker (de) m, Schenkerin (de) f, Schenkender m, Schenkende f, Gönner (de) m, Gönnerin (de) f, Stifter (de) m, Stifterin (de) f, Donator m, Donatorin f

Greek: Ancient: δοτήρ m (dotḗr), δότειρα f (dóteira) Latin: dator m Romanian: dătător (ro) Swahili: mpaji

Anagrams

• Viger, virge

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Danish

Etymology 1

From give +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiːvər/, [ˈɡ̊iːvɐ]

Noun

giver c (singular definite giveren, plural indefinite givere)

1. giver
2. donor
3. dealer

Declension

Declension of giver

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	giver	giveren	givere	giverne
genitive	givers	giverens	giveres	givernes

Etymology 2

See give.

Alternative forms

• gi'r (representing the spoken language)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiːr/, [ˈɡ̊iɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

giver

1. present of give

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

giver m (definite singular giveren, indefinite plural givere, definite plural giverne)

1. a donor
2. a giver

Derived terms

• blodgiver
• långiver

See also

• givar (Nynorsk)
• gjevar (Nynorsk)

References

• “giver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Verb

giver

1. present tense of giva. commonly contracted to ger, based on ge