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Großmutter

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From groß +‎ Mutter. Displaced Middle High German eltermuoter, altermuoter (“grandmother”), related to English eldmother, eldermother.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/
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Noun edit

Großmutter f (genitive Großmutter, plural Großmütter, diminutive Großmütterchen n or Großmütterlein n)

  1. grandmother
  2. (colloquial) old woman, elderly woman, old lady

Usage notes edit

  • The substantive Großmutter can also decline like a proper noun and can take the ending -s in the genitive singular, e.g. Großmutters Apfelkuchen.

Declension edit

Declension of Großmutter [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Großmutter die Großmütter
genitive einer der Großmutter der Großmütter
dative einer der Großmutter den Großmüttern
accusative eine die Großmutter die Großmütter

Synonyms edit

(grandmother):

(old woman, elderly woman, old lady):

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Hypernyms edit

(grandmother):

(old, elderly woman):

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(grandmother):

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(grandmother):

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