Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).
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munter (plural munters)
From Middle French montre.
munter (plural munters)
From German munter (“merry, awake”).
munter
Inflection of munter | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte 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. |
From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-West Germanic *mundr, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.
munter (strong nominative masculine singular munterer, comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar
munter
munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)
munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)
munter
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 | — |
From German munter. Compare Dutch monter.
munter
munter (comparative muntrare, superlative muntrast)
Inflection of munter | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | munter | muntrare | muntrast |
Neuter singular | muntert | muntrare | muntrast |
Plural | muntra | muntrare | muntrast |
Masculine plural3 | muntre | muntrare | muntrast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | muntre | muntrare | muntraste |
All | muntra | muntrare | muntraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |