Mutter

See also: mutter, mütter, and Mütter

German

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Muetter, Mueter (obsolete or dialectal)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʊtɐ/, [ˈmʊtɐ]
audio (file)

Noun

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

mother

Usage notes

The substantive Mutter can also decline like a proper noun and can take the ending -s in the genitive singular, e.g. Mutters Geburtstag.

Declension

Declension of Mutter

	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

Antonyms

Vater m
Kind n

Hypernyms

Eltern
Frau

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʊtɐ/, [ˈmʊtɐ]
audio (file)

Noun

Mutter f (genitive Mutter, plural Muttern)

nut (for a bolt)

Synonyms

Schraubenmutter

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

muter (Portuguese based orthography)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmutɐ/

Proper noun

Mutter f (plural Mütter)

mother

Sie ist meine Mutter.
She is my mother.

External links

Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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