muttern

See also: Muttern and Müttern

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mutter with definite masculine ending, expected for Bokmål common gender nouns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʉtːæɳ/ (some dialects)
Homophone: mutteren (some dialects)

Noun

muttern ?

(colloquial) the mother, mom
Synonym: morsan

Usage notes

Although the noun is always used in definite form, it can be used together with pronoun ho (“she”), here working as a definite particle for feminine nouns already having definite ending. Of this reason, ho muttern is a redunant variant of muttern.

Swedish

Noun

muttern

definite singular of mutter