German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊtɐ/, [ˈmʊtɐ]

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.

Declension

Antonyms

• Vater m
• Kind n

Hypernyms

• Eltern
• Frau

Hyponyms

• Rabenmutter
• werdende Mutter

Derived terms

• Muttermilch
• Muttersöhnchen
• Muttersprache

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]

Noun

Mutter f ‎(genitive Mutter, plural Muttern)

1. nut (for a bolt)

Synonyms

• Schraubenmutter

English

Noun

mutter ‎(plural mutters)

1. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

   The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.

Translations

Verb

mutter ‎(third-person singular simple present mutters, present participle muttering, simple past and past participle muttered)

1. To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

   You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.

   The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.

   • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:

     This set – the set of Rosol's life – was studded with aces and menacing ground-strokes that left Nadal an impotent spectator often muttering to himself and at the umpire regarding a perceived misdemeanour by his opponent.

2. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

   The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.

   • Dryden

     Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself.

3. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

   April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

   • Alexander Pope

     Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.

Derived terms

• mutterer

Synonyms

• (speak under one's breath): growl, grumble, mumble
• (speak incoherently): babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
• (make a low sound): growl, putter, rumble
• See also Wikisaurus:mutter

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• matar

Noun

mutter

1. (Indian cuisine) Peas.

Derived terms

• mutter paneer

Danish

Etymology

From German Mutter ‎(“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔtər/, [ˈmɔd̥ɐ] or IPA^(key): /mutər/, [ˈmud̥ɐ]

Noun

mutter c (singular definite mutteren, not used in plural form)

1. mommy, mummy, ma
2. old woman
3. missus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Mutter

Noun

mutter m ‎(definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural muttere or mutre or mutrer, definite plural mutterne or mutrene)

1. a nut (for bolts)

   skrue og mutter - nut and bolt

References

• “mutter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Mutter

Noun

mutter m ‎(definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural mutterar or mutrar, definite plural mutterane or mutrane)

1. a nut (for bolts)

References

• “mutter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

mutter c

1. a nut (for bolts)

Declension

Noun

mutter n ‎(uncountable)

1. mutter; obscure utterance

Declension