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Mutter

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See also: mutter, mütter, and Mütter

English

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Proper noun

Mutter

  1. A surname.

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter.

Noun

Mutter f (genitive Muttersch)

  1. (Silesian) mother

Derived terms

  • Gruußmutter
    • Grußmutterla

German

Alternative forms

  • Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter (all obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊtər/, [ˈmʊtɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Mut‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ʊtɐ

Etymology 1

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

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

  1. mother
    Coordinate terms: Vater, Kind
Declension
Declension of Mutter [feminine]
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Hypernyms
Holonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Central Franconian: Motter
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: muttern

Proper noun

Mutter f (proper noun, genitive Mutters or Mutter)

  1. Mother; Mum; Mom: one's mother
    Synonyms: Mama, Mutti
Usage notes
  • Chiefly in north-eastern regions, there used to be a colloquial practice of adding -(e)n to proper nouns in the oblique 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
Declension of Mutter [sg-only, feminine]
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Declension of Mutter [sg-only, feminine]
More information singular, indef. ...

1Archaic or humorous.

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.

Noun

Mutter f (genitive Mutter, plural Muttern)

  1. nut (for a bolt)
    Synonym: Schraubenmutter
Declension
Declension of Mutter [feminine]
More information singular, plural ...

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • muter (Wiesemann spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: Mut‧ter

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Central Franconian Modder.

    Noun

    Mutter f (plural Mitter, diminutive Mutterche)

    1. mother
      Synonyms: Maio, Mamai, Mamma, Mutti
      Coordinate term: Fatter
      Sie is mein Mutter.
      She is my mother.
    2. (metonymic) womb
    • Grosmutter
    • Muttersproch
    • Schwieghermutter
    • Stiefmutter
    • Uergrosmutter

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Central Franconian Modder.

      Noun

      Mutter f (plural Mitter, diminutive Mutterche)

      1. (usually in the diminutive) nut (fastener used with a bolt)

      References

      • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mutter”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 114, column 1
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      Low German

      Etymology

      From or influenced by German Mutter

      Noun

      Mutter f (diminutive Mütterken)

      1. mother; alternative form of Mauder (North-Westphalian, Menslage, Mecklenburgisch)

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