Mutter

From Middle High German muoter, from Old High German muoter.

Mutter f (genitive Muttersch)

1. (Silesian) mother

• Gruußmutter
  • Grußmutterla

• Mueter, Muetter, Muoter, Muotter, Muter (all obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊtər/, [ˈmʊtɐ]

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• Hyphenation: Mut‧ter
• Rhymes: -ʊtɐ

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.

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1. mother

   Coordinate terms: Vater, Kind

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• Frau

• Eltern

• → Central Franconian: Motter

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1. Mother; Mum; Mom: one's mother

   Synonyms: Mama, Mutti

• 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.

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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.

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1. nut (for a bolt)

   Synonym: Schraubenmutter

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• “Mutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mutter (Frau, Kinder, Natur)” in Duden online
• “Mutter (Schraube, Metall, Teil)” in Duden online
• “Mutter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mutter” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Mutter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• muter (Portuguese-based orthography)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmutɐ/

Mutter f (plural Mitter, diminutive Mutterche)

1. mother

   Sie is mein Mutter.

   She is my mother.

• Fatter

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Mutter f (diminutive Mütterken)

1. mother; Alternative form of Mauder (North-Westphalian, Menslage, Mecklenburgisch)