Mutter
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter.
Noun edit
Mutter f (genitive Muttersch)
Derived terms edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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)
Declension edit
Hypernyms edit
Holonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- Adoptivmutter
- Allmutter
- Allomutter
- Amselmutter
- Bärenmutter
- Bonobomutter
- Bordellmutter
- Brautmutter
- Deine-Mutter-Witz
- Doktormutter
- Drillingsmutter
- Eisbärenmutter
- Elefantenmutter
- Embryosackmutterzelle
- Erdmutter
- Ersatzmutter
- Essigmutter
- Familienmutter
- Fuchsmutter
- Gastmutter
- Gebärmutter
- Generalmutterhaus
- Giraffenmutter
- Göttermutter
- Großmutter
- Grossmutter
- Hausmutter
- Herbergsmutter
- Hundeleihmutter
- Kaiserinmutter
- Katzenmutter
- Kind-Mutter-Bindung
- Kindesmutter
- Kindsmutter
- Königinmutter
- Königsmutter
- Konzernmutter
- Kühlschrankmutter
- Kuppelmutter
- Landesmutter
- Leihmutter
- Mutter-Vater-Kind
- Mutterarchetyp
- Mutterauge
- Mutterbild
- Mutterbindung
- Mutterboden
- Mutterbruder
- Mutterbrust
- Muttercentriole
- Mutterdiskette
- Muttererde
- Mutterersatz
- Mutterficker
- Mutterfigur
- Mutterfilament
- Mutterfirma
- Mutterfixierung
- Muttergalaxie
- Muttergefühl
- Muttergesellschaft
- Muttergestein
- Mutterglück
- Muttergottes
- Muttergöttin
- Mutterhand
- Mutterhaus
- Mutterherrschaft
- Mutterherz
- Mutterinstinkt
- Mutterinstitut
- Mutterisch
- Mutterkirche
- Mutterkloster
- Mutterkolonie
- Mutterkomplex
- Mutterkonzern
- Mutterkreuz
- Mutterkuchen
- Mutterkuh
- Mutterkuß
- Mutterkuss
- Mutterland
- Mutterlauge
- Mutterleib
- mütterlich
- Mutterliebe
- Mutterlinie
- mutterlos
- Muttermal
- Muttermilch
- Muttermord
- Muttermörder
- Muttermund
- Mutterorganisation
- Mutterorganismus
- Mutteroszillator
- Mutterpaß
- Mutterpass
- Mutterpause
- Mutterpflanze
- Mutterpflicht
- Mutterplanet
- Mutterplatine
- Mutterpolyp
- Mutterpopulation
- Mutterquarz
- Mutterrecht
- Mutterredie
- Mutterrolle
- Muttersau
- Mutterschaf
- Mutterschaft
- Mutterschiff
- Mutterschoss
- Mutterschoß
- Mutterschutz
- Mutterschwein
- Mutterschwester
- Mutterseele
- mutterseelenallein
- Muttersein
- Muttersender
- Muttersmutter
- Muttersohn
- Muttersöhnchen
- Muttersonde
- Muttersporocyste
- Muttersporozyste
- Muttersprache
- Muttersprachiger
- Mutterstadt
- Mutterstern
- Mutterstimme
- Mutterstolz
- Mutterstrang
- Mutterstück
- Mutterstute
- Muttersubstanz
- Muttertag
- Mutterteil
- Muttertier
- Mutteruhr
- Mutterunternehmen
- Muttervater
- Mutterverteiler
- Muttervogel
- Mutterwerk
- Mutterwitz
- Mutterwolle
- Mutterwurz
- Mutterzelle
- mutterzentriert
- Mutterzentriertheit
- Mutterzentriole
- Mutterziege
- Nährmutter
- Namensmutter
- Nashornmutter
- Nicht-Muttersprachler
- Nichtmuttersprachler
- Obermutter
- Pavian-Mutter
- Pavianmutter
- Perlmutter
- perlmutterartig
- perlmuttern
- Pflegemutter
- Pollenmutterzelle
- Pottwalmutter
- Puffmutter
- Puppenmutter
- Rabenmutter
- Salpetermutter
- Schimpansenmutter
- Schneeleopardenmutter
- Schwiegermutter
- Solo-Mutter
- Solomutter
- Stammmutter
- Stammutter
- Stiefgroßmutter
- Stiefgrossmutter
- Stiefmutter
- Stiefmütterchen
- Stockmutter
- Surrogatmutter
- Tagesmutter
- Taubenmutter
- Teenagermutter
- Teenie-Mutter
- Teeniemutter
- Tiermutter
- Tigermutter
- Urgroßmutter
- Urgrossmutter
- Urmutter
- Ururgroßmutter
- Ururgrossmutter
- Vater-Mutter-Kind
- Vater-Mutter-Kind spielen
- Vatersmutter
- Vogelmutter
- Wehmutter
- werdende Mutter
- Wüstenmutter
- Ziehmutter
- Zwillingsmutter
Descendants edit
- → Central Franconian: Motter
Proper noun edit
Mutter f (proper noun, genitive Mutters or Mutter)
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
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)
- nut (for a bolt)
- Synonym: Schraubenmutter
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “Mutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mutter (Frau, Kinder, Natur)” in Duden online
- “Mutter (Schraube, Metall, Teil)” in Duden online
- “Mutter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mutter” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Mutter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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)
- 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)
- East Central German terms inherited from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Old High German
- East Central German terms derived from Old High German
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- East Central German feminine nouns
- Silesian East Central German
- gmw-ecg:Female family members
- gmw-ecg:Parents
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/ʊtɐ
- Rhymes:German/ʊtɐ/2 syllables
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German proper nouns
- German uncountable nouns
- de:Female family members
- de:Parents
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik 2-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik feminine nouns
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples
- hrx:Female family members
- hrx:Parents
- Low German terms derived from German
- Low German lemmas
- Low German nouns
- Low German feminine nouns
- nds:Female family members
- nds:Parents