moster
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Equivalent to mor (“mother”) + søster (“sister”), from Old Norse móðursystir.
Noun edit
moster c (singular definite mosteren, plural indefinite mostre)
- maternal aunt (the sister of one's mother)
Declension edit
Declension of moster
Hypernyms edit
- tante c
References edit
- “moster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
moster
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
moster m or f (definite singular mosteren or mostra, indefinite plural mostrer or mostre, definite plural mostrene)
- maternal aunt
- Coordinate term: faster
References edit
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of morsyster. Similar to Swedish and Danish moster
Noun edit
moster f (definite singular mostra, indefinite plural mostrer, definite plural mostrene)
- maternal aunt
- Coordinate term: faster
References edit
- “moster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “moster”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse móðursystir.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moster c
Declension edit
Declension of moster | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moster | mostern | mostrar | mostrarna |
Genitive | mosters | mosterns | mostrars | mostrarnas |
See also edit
References edit
- moster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- moster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- moster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin mustum. Compare English mustard, Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”).
Noun edit
moster c (no plural)
Further reading edit
- “moster (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011