morbror

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse móðurbróðir, equivalent to mor (“mother”) +‎ bror (“brother”).

Noun

morbror

1. maternal uncle; one's mother's brother

Declension

Declension of morbror

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	morbror	morbroren	morbrødre	morbrødrene
genitive	morbrors	morbrorens	morbrødres	morbrødrenes

Hypernyms

• onkel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mor +‎ bror.

Noun

morbror m (definite singular morbroren, indefinite plural morbrødre, definite plural morbrødrene)

1. maternal uncle

References

• “morbror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “morbror” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From mor +‎ bror.

Noun

morbror m (definite singular morbroren, indefinite plural morbrør, definite plural morbrørne)

1. maternal uncle

References

• “morbror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Norse móðurbróðir, corresponding to mor +‎ bror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊrˌbrʊr/, /ˈmʊrbrʊr/

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Noun

morbror c

1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of morbror

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	morbror	morbrors
	definite	morbrodern	morbroderns
plural	indefinite	morbröder	morbröders
	definite	morbröderna	morbrödernas

Derived terms

• gammelmorbror

See also

• farbror (“paternal uncle”)
• faster
• moster
• onkel (rare)

References

• morbror in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• morbror in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• morbror in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)