A female parent. The informal word is 'mum' (British English) or 'mom' (American English).
Weiblicher Elternteil, der seine Kinder aufzieht und versorgt; Frau, welche ein oder mehrere Kinder geboren hat.
Countable noun. Plural: mothers. Informal equivalents: mum (UK), mom (US), mummy, mama. Common collocations: mother tongue (your first language), grandmother, mother-in-law, motherly.
Mother's Day (called Mothering Sunday in the UK) is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent in Britain, and in May in the US and Australia. 'Mother tongue' means the first language you learned as a child. 'Mother Nature' refers to the natural world personified as a woman.
Example Sentences
"The mother kisses her baby."
🇩🇪 "Die Mutter küsst ihr Baby."
"The mother lifted her child into the air."
🇩🇪 "Die Mutter hob ihr Kind in die Luft."