Muttersprache
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Loan translation and/or phonetic adaptation of Middle Low German môdersprâke, itself possibly a loan translation of Latin lingua materna. Analyzable as Mutter (“mother”) + Sprache (“language”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Muttersprache f (genitive Muttersprache, plural Muttersprachen)
- mother tongue; native language
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Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache.
- German is my native language.
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- (often humorous) the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages)
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Türkisch ist meine Muttersprache und Deutsch meine Vatersprache.
- Turkish is my mother’s language and German is my father’s language.
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- (linguistics, rare or archaic) ancestor language (language from which another is derived)
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Latein ist die Muttersprache des Romanischen.
- Latin is the ancestor of Romance.
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Declension[edit]
Declension of Muttersprache
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Muttersprache | die | Muttersprachen |
genitive | einer | der | Muttersprache | der | Muttersprachen |
dative | einer | der | Muttersprache | den | Muttersprachen |
accusative | eine | die | Muttersprache | die | Muttersprachen |
Synonyms[edit]
- (ancestor): Vorläufersprache
Antonyms[edit]
- (native language): Fremdsprache
- (one’s mother’s language): Vatersprache
- (ancestor): Tochtersprache; Nachfolgesprache; Nachfolgersprache
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Muttersprache in Duden online
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