moster

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔstər/, [ˈmʌsd̥ɐ]

Etymology 1

Equivalent to mor (“mother”) +‎ søster (“sister”), from Old Norse móðursystir.

Noun

moster c (singular definite mosteren, plural indefinite mostre)

1. maternal aunt (the sister of one's mother)

Inflection

Declension of moster

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	moster	mosteren	mostre	mostrene
genitive	mosters	mosterens	mostres	mostrenes

Hypernyms

• tante c

References

• “moster” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

moster

1. present of moste

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

moster m or f (definite singular mosteren or mostra, indefinite plural mostrer or mostre, definite plural mostrene)

1. maternal aunt

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

moster f (definite singular mostra, indefinite plural mostrer, definite plural mostrene)

1. maternal aunt

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse móðursystir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊˌstɛr/, /ˈmʊstɛr/

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Noun

moster c

1. maternal aunt

Declension

Declension of moster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	moster	mostern	mostrar	mostrarna
Genitive	mosters	mosterns	mostrars	mostrarnas

See also

• faster
• farbror
• morbror

Anagrams

• motser, termos

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West Frisian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mustum. Compare English mustard, Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”).

Noun

moster c (no plural)

1. mustard

Further reading

• “moster (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011