Mum

See also: mum

English

Alternative forms

• mum

Proper noun

Mum

1. One's mother

   I wish Mum and Dad didn't argue so much.

See also

• Dad
• Mom
• Mother
• Mummy
• Mom

Anagrams

• MMU, umm

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German

Etymology

From English mum, Mum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Noun

Mum f (genitive Mum, plural Mums)

1. (colloquial, chiefly film, media) mum; Mum; mom; Mom

Usage notes

• In dubbing English-language films and series, the words Mum and Dad are often treated like personal names and thus not translated into German. Outside of this context the words are quite rare in German, though some teenagers adopt them as variants of the perhaps more intimate, child-like Mama and Papa.

Coordinate terms

• Dad

Synonyms

• Mama
• Vati