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

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊtər/,
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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
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
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 dative and accusative 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
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter
genitive einer der Mutters, Mutter
dative einer der Mutter
accusative eine die Mutter
Declension of Mutter
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter
genitive einer der —
dative einer der Muttern1
accusative eine die Muttern1

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
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mutter die Muttern
genitive einer der Mutter der Muttern
dative einer der Mutter den Muttern
accusative eine die Mutter die Muttern

Further reading

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • muter (Wiesemann spelling)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    From Central Franconian Modder, from Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

    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. (metonymically) womb

    Etymology 2

      From Central Franconian Modder, from Moddersjroef.

      Noun

      Mutter f (plural Mitter, diminutive Mutterche)

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

      References

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

      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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