Mutter

See also: mutter, mütter, and Mütter

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German muoter, mūter, mōter, from Old High German muoter, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Dutch moeder, English mother, Danish moder, Swedish moder

Alternative forms
  • Muetter, Mueter (obsolete or dialectal)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊtɐ/, [ˈmʊtʰɐ]
  • audio(file)

Noun

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

  1. mother
Usage notes
  • The substantive Mutter can also decline like a proper noun and can take the ending -s in the genitive singular, e.g. Mutters Geburtstag.
  • In the dative singular, the ending -n is sometimes added, e.g. wie bei Muttern.
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
Antonyms

Hypernyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Central Franconian: Motter

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊtɐ/, [ˈmʊtɐ]
  • audio(file)

Noun

Mutter f (genitive Mutter, plural Muttern)

  1. nut (for a bolt)
Synonyms
  • Schraubenmutter

Hunsrik

Alternative forms
  • muter (Portuguese-based orthography)

Etymology

From Old High German muoter, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmutɐ/

Noun

Mutter f (plural Mitter, diminutive Mutterche)

  1. mother
    Sie is mein Mutter.
    She is my mother.

Antonyms
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