Großmutter
German
Alternative forms
- Grossmutter (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
Etymology
From groß + Mutter. Displaced Middle High German eltermuoter, altermuoter (“grandmother”), related to English eldmother, eldermother.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/
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Noun
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- grandmother
- (colloquial) old woman, elderly woman, old lady
Usage notes
- The substantive Großmutter can also decline like a proper noun and can take the ending -s in the genitive singular, e.g. Großmutters Apfelkuchen.
Declension
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Synonyms
(grandmother):
- (colloquial) Großmama, Oma, Omi
- (regional) Ömchen, Omili; Baba, Babuschka
- (Bavarian, Austrian, dialectal, obsolete) Ahnl
- (baby talk) Omama
(old woman, elderly woman, old lady):
Antonyms
Derived terms
- begroßmuttern
- Großmutter-
- Großmutter-Hypothese
- Großmutter-Prinzip
- Großmutterblatt
- Großmuttergesellschaft
- Großmutterhypothese
- großmütterlich
- großmütterlicherseits
- Großmütterlichkeit
- Großmutterneuron
- Großmutterprinzip
- jemanden begroßmuttern
- Stiefgroßmutter
- Stiefurgroßmutter
- Urgroßmutter
- Ururgroßmutter
- Ururgroßmutter
- Urururgroßmutter
- Ururururgroßmutter
- Urururururgroßmutter
Related terms
- Großmuttel
Further reading
- “Großmutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Großmutter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Großmutter” in Duden online
Großmutter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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