Polyglot Dictionary

Mutter

/ˈmʊtɐ/

die noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Mütter

Meaning

  1. mother

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Mama

Mama is the warm, everyday form of address — what a child actually calls her. Mutter is the neutral, formal word used when talking about her, not to her.

Similar in other languages

French

mère

mère is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mother."

Portuguese

mãe

mãe is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mother."

Practice

1 What does Mutter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Meine ___ kommt aus Berlin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mutter?

See also

nouncore-vocabularyfamily

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