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Mutter

See also: mutter, mütter, and Mütter

East Central German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter.

Noun edit

Mutter f (genitive Muttersch)

  1. (Silesian) mother

Derived terms edit

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊtər/, [ˈmʊtɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Mut‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ʊtɐ

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Dutch moeder, English mother, Danish moder, Swedish moder.

Noun edit

Mutter f (genitive Mutter, plural Mütter, diminutive Mütterchen n or Mütterlein n or Mütterken n)

  1. mother
    Coordinate terms: Vater, Kind
Declension edit
Declension of Mutter [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter die Mütter
genitive einer der Mutter der Mütter
dative einer der Mutter den Müttern
accusative eine die Mutter die Mütter
Hypernyms edit
Holonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Central Franconian: Motter

Proper noun edit

Mutter f (proper noun, genitive Mutters or Mutter)

  1. Mother; Mum; Mom: one's mother
    Synonyms: Mama, Mutti
Usage notes edit
  • Chiefly in north-eastern regions, there used to be a colloquial practice of adding -(e)n to proper nouns in the dative and accusative cases: ein Geschenk für Muttern (“a present for Mother”). This is now chiefly archaic or humorous. However, the phrase wie bei Muttern (“like Mum used to make”, of food) has entered general use.
Declension edit
Declension of Mutter [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter
genitive einer der Mutters, Mutter
dative einer der Mutter
accusative eine die Mutter
Declension of Mutter [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter
genitive einer der —
dative einer der Muttern1
accusative eine die Muttern1

1Archaic or humorous.

Etymology 2 edit

Originally the same as etymology 1, but secondarily distinguished in the plural; so denoted by a sexual metaphor, which is also found in other languages. Compare for example Dutch moer.

Noun edit

Mutter f (genitive Mutter, plural Muttern)

  1. nut (for a bolt)
    Synonym: Schraubenmutter
Declension edit
Declension of Mutter [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter die Muttern
genitive einer der Mutter der Muttern
dative einer der Mutter den Muttern
accusative eine die Mutter die Muttern

Further reading edit

Hunsrik edit

Alternative forms edit

  • muter (Portuguese-based orthography)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German muoter, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Mutter f (plural Mitter, diminutive Mutterche)

  1. mother
    Sie is mein Mutter.
    She is my mother.

Antonyms edit

Further reading edit

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From or influenced by German Mutter

Noun edit

Mutter f (diminutive Mütterken)

  1. mother; Alternative form of Mauder (North-Westphalian, Menslage, Mecklenburgisch)
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