Großmutter
German
Alternative forms
- Grossmutter (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʀoːsˌmʊtɐ/
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Noun
Großmutter f (genitive Großmutter, plural Großmütter, diminutive Großmütterchen n or Großmütterlein n)
- grandmother
- (colloquial) old woman, elderly woman, old lady
Usage notes
- 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
Declension of Großmutter
| 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
(grandmother):
- (colloquial) Großmama, Oma, Ömchen, Omi, Omili
- (regional) Baba, Babuschka
- (Bavarian, Austrian, dialectal, obsolete) Ahnl
- (baby talk) Omama
(old woman, elderly woman, old lady):
Antonyms
Hypernyms
- Großelternteil
Hyponyms
- Großmutter mütterlicherseits
- Großmutter väterlicherseits
Holonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from Großmutter
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Further reading
- Großmutter in Duden online
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