moder

See also: Moder and møder

English

Verb

moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)

  1. (obsolete) to moderate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for moder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

German

Verb

moder

  1. First-person singular present of modern.
  2. Imperative singular of modern.

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

moder f

  1. mother
  2. guardian
  3. nun
  4. woman

Inflection

Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative moder moders meuderke meuderkes
Genitive moder moders meuderkes meuderkes
Locative moderes modereser modereske modereskes
Dative¹ moder moders meuderke meuderkes
Accusative¹ moder moders meuderke meuderkes
  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English mōdor, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːdər/, /ˈmoːðər/

Noun

moder (plural moderes)

  1. mother

Descendants

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Scots

Etymology

From Old English mōdor. Compare mither.

Noun

moder (plural moders)

  1. (archaic) mother

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *modrъ (compare Bulgarian модър (modǎr), Serbo-Croatian модар/modar, Slovak and Czech modrý), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰros (compare Hittite 𒀭𒋫𒋫𒀭 (antaran, “blue”)[1]), probably from *meh₂d- (compare Latin madeo (“be wet”), Ancient Greek μαδάω (madáō)[2]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmòːdər/
  • Tonal orthography: mọ́dər

Adjective

móder (comparative bòlj móder, superlative nàjbolj móder)

  1. blue
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandr-. Cognate with Lithuanian mandrùs and Proto-Germanic *mundraz (German munter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmòːdər/
  • Tonal orthography: mọ́dər

Adjective

móder (comparative modrêjši or módrejši, superlative nàjmodrêjši or nàjmódrejši)

  1. wise
Declension
Derived terms

See also

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)
     bela      siva      črna      rjava
             roza              rdeča ; škrlatna              oranžna              rumena ; krem
             svetlozelena, limeta              zelena                           sinja, cian ; turkizna
             azurna              modra              vijolična ; indigo              magenta, fuksija ; vijolična, lila

References

  1. ↑ Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, ČSAV, 1968, p. 372: Příbuzné je het. andra- t/v; jest uznati slov. přesmyk am > ma
  2. ↑ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1972, v. 2, p. 448: Osnova mod- uporeduje se sa lat. madeo, gr. μαδάω, μάδρυον »šljiva«

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uːdɛr

Noun

moder c

  1. (somewhat dated) mother
  2. mother; as in Mother Theresa, Mother Earth etc.

Declension

Declension of moder 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative moder modern mödrar mödrarna
Genitive moders moderns mödrars mödrarnas

See also

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