Today I learned that vader is Dutch for father. As in, Darth Vader.
Which brings the question : how the hell did people not figure this out back then ? Well maybe they did ? I mean anyone speaking Dutch or German (Vater) should have seen it coming.
pronounced differently. "Both the Dutch 'vader' and the German 'Vater' are pronounced with the 'a' as in 'far', instead of the 'a' as in 'later'."
also the V is more prounounced like in "father" instead like in "Vader". (at least in German, not sure about the Dutch. I would guess it's a bit inbetween for Dutch)
Well I don't know how the German dub of the movie pronounced it, but if you're German, don't speak English and read "Darth Vader" you'll read it as (phonetically) "Fader", which sounds a lot like "Vater".
But it's entirely possible the German dub used a different name I guess. In France, he's called Dark Vador, for some reason.