🇬🇧 English from 🇩🇪 German Alle Wörter
mother
/ˈmʌð.ər/
A1 noun Family
🇩🇪 German: Mutter
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🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)

Definition

🇬🇧 English
noun

A female parent. The informal word is 'mum' (British English) or 'mom' (American English).

Definition

🇩🇪 German

Weiblicher Elternteil, der seine Kinder aufzieht und versorgt; Frau, welche ein oder mehrere Kinder geboren hat.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Countable noun. Plural: mothers. Informal equivalents: mum (UK), mom (US), mummy, mama. Common collocations: mother tongue (your first language), grandmother, mother-in-law, motherly.

Cultural Notes

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.

"The mother kisses her baby."

🇩🇪 "Die Mutter küsst ihr Baby."

The mother lifted her child into the air.

"The mother lifted her child into the air."

🇩🇪 "Die Mutter hob ihr Kind in die Luft."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

The ___ kisses her baby.

Practice Quiz

1. In British English, the informal word for 'mother' is:
2. 'Mother tongue' means:

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