munter

See also: Munter

English

Etymology 1

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) +‎ -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌn.tə/

• Audio (Northern England); [ˈmʊn.ʔə]:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)

Noun

munter (plural munters)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person

   I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.

2. (Commonwealth, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

   He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.

Derived terms

• munting

Related terms

• muntered (“drunk”)
• munted (“drunk”)

Etymology 2

From Middle French montre.

Alternative forms

• monter, mounter, muntour, montour, mountour, muntoure, muntor, muntar

Pronunciation

• (without the foot-strut split, without approximant /r/) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊn.tər]

Noun

munter (plural munters)

1. (obsolete, Scotland, pre-1700) A watch (portable timepiece).
   • 1831, Archaeologia Scotica: Or Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, page 80:

     […] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare.

   • 1841, John Jamieson, Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. Kab-Zic, page 141:

     […] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]

Danish

Etymology

From German munter (“merry, awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔntər/, [ˈmɔnˀd̥ɐ]

Adjective

munter

1. merry, cheerful

Inflection

Inflection of munter

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	munter	muntrere	muntrest2
indefinite neuter singular	muntert	muntrere	muntrest2
plural	muntre	muntrere	muntrest2
definite attributive1	muntre	muntrere	muntreste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• fornøjet
• fornøjelig, lystig

Derived terms

• munterhed

German

Etymology

From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-West Germanic *mundr, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊntɐ/
• Rhymes: -ʊntɐ

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

munter (strong nominative masculine singular munterer, comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)

1. merry, awake, brisk, cheery

   Synonyms: rege, lebhaft

   Antonyms: müde, matt, schlapp

Declension

Positive forms of munter

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist munter	sie ist munter	es ist munter	sie sind munter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	munterer	muntere	munteres	muntere
	genitive	munteren	munterer	munteren	munterer
	dative	munterem	munterer	munterem	munteren
	accusative	munteren	muntere	munteres	muntere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der muntere	die muntere	das muntere	die munteren
	genitive	des munteren	der munteren	des munteren	der munteren
	dative	dem munteren	der munteren	dem munteren	den munteren
	accusative	den munteren	die muntere	das muntere	die munteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein munterer	eine muntere	ein munteres	(keine) munteren
	genitive	eines munteren	einer munteren	eines munteren	(keiner) munteren
	dative	einem munteren	einer munteren	einem munteren	(keinen) munteren
	accusative	einen munteren	eine muntere	ein munteres	(keine) munteren

Comparative forms of munter

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist munterer	sie ist munterer	es ist munterer	sie sind munterer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	muntererer	munterere	muntereres	munterere
	genitive	muntereren	muntererer	muntereren	muntererer
	dative	muntererem	muntererer	muntererem	muntereren
	accusative	muntereren	munterere	muntereres	munterere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der munterere	die munterere	das munterere	die muntereren
	genitive	des muntereren	der muntereren	des muntereren	der muntereren
	dative	dem muntereren	der muntereren	dem muntereren	den muntereren
	accusative	den muntereren	die munterere	das munterere	die muntereren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein muntererer	eine munterere	ein muntereres	(keine) muntereren
	genitive	eines muntereren	einer muntereren	eines muntereren	(keiner) muntereren
	dative	einem muntereren	einer muntereren	einem muntereren	(keinen) muntereren
	accusative	einen muntereren	eine munterere	ein muntereres	(keine) muntereren

Superlative forms of munter

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am muntersten	sie ist am muntersten	es ist am muntersten	sie sind am muntersten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	munterster	munterste	munterstes	munterste
	genitive	muntersten	munterster	muntersten	munterster
	dative	munterstem	munterster	munterstem	muntersten
	accusative	muntersten	munterste	munterstes	munterste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der munterste	die munterste	das munterste	die muntersten
	genitive	des muntersten	der muntersten	des muntersten	der muntersten
	dative	dem muntersten	der muntersten	dem muntersten	den muntersten
	accusative	den muntersten	die munterste	das munterste	die muntersten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein munterster	eine munterste	ein munterstes	(keine) muntersten
	genitive	eines muntersten	einer muntersten	eines muntersten	(keiner) muntersten
	dative	einem muntersten	einer muntersten	einem muntersten	(keinen) muntersten
	accusative	einen muntersten	eine munterste	ein munterstes	(keine) muntersten

Derived terms

• putzmunter

Related terms

• aufmunternd
• ermunternd

Descendants

• → German Low German: munter
• → Dutch: monter
  • → West Frisian: monter
• → Saterland Frisian: munter
• → Luxembourgish: monter
• → Danish: munter
• → Swedish: munter
• → Norwegian: munter

Further reading

• “munter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “munter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “munter” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunta/
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: mun‧ter

Adjective

munter

1. cheerful, happy, merry

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “munter”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German munter.

Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)

1. cheerful

References

• “munter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German munter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʉntɛr/

Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)

1. cheerful

References

• “munter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

munter

1. alternative form of monter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of munter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		munter			avoir munté
gerund		en muntant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		muntant
past participle		munté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	munt	muntes	munte	muntons	muntez	muntent
	imperfect	muntoie, munteie, muntoe, munteve	muntoies, munteies, muntoes, munteves	muntoit, munteit, muntot, munteve	muntiiens, muntiens	muntiiez, muntiez	muntoient, munteient, muntoent, muntevent
	preterite	muntai	muntas	munta	muntames	muntastes	munterent
	future	munterai	munteras	muntera	munterons	munteroiz, muntereiz, munterez	munteront
	conditional	munteroie, muntereie	munteroies, muntereies	munteroit, muntereit	munteriiens, munteriens	munteriiez, munteriez	munteroient, muntereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	munt	munz	munt	muntons	muntez	muntent
	imperfect	muntasse	muntasses	muntast	muntissons, muntissiens	muntissoiz, muntissez, muntissiez	muntassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	munte	—	muntons	muntez	—

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From German munter. Compare Dutch monter.

Adjective

munter

1. awake; sharp; alert
2. lively; sprightly

Swedish

Etymology

From German munter

Adjective

munter (comparative muntrare, superlative muntrast)

1. cheerful, merry, happy

Declension

Inflection of munter

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	munter	muntrare	muntrast
neuter singular	muntert	muntrare	muntrast
plural	muntra	muntrare	muntrast
masculine plural2	muntre	muntrare	muntrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	muntre	muntrare	muntraste
all	muntra	muntrare	muntraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• muntra upp
• muntra upp sig
• uppmuntra

References

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

Anagrams

• numret