Großmutter

German

Alternative forms

  • Grossmutter (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Etymology

groß + Mutter

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʀoːsˌmʊtɐ/
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Noun

Großmutter f (genitive Großmutter, plural Großmütter, diminutive Großmütterchen n or Großmütterlein n)

  1. grandmother
  2. (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

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

Further reading

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