mother

mother
1. noun
Mutter, die

she is a or the mother of six [children] — sie ist Mutter von sechs Kindern

like mother used to make — [Essen] wie bei Muttern (ugs.)

Mother Superior — Äbtissin, die

necessity is the mother of invention — (prov.) Not macht erfinderisch (Spr.)

2. transitive verb
(over-protect) bemuttern
* * *
1. noun
1) (a female parent, especially human: John's mother lives in Manchester; (also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.) die Mutter; Mutter-...
2) ((often with capital: also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.) Mutter
2. verb
(to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much): His wife tries to mother him.) bemuttern
- academic.ru/48143/motherhood">motherhood
- motherless
- motherly
- motherliness
- mother-country
- motherland
- mother-in-law
- mother-of-pearl
- mother-tongue
* * *
Moth·er
[ˈmʌðəʳ, AM -ɚ]
n no pl REL
1. (nun) Oberin f
2. (form of address) Mutter f [Oberin]
* * *
['mʌðə(r)]
1. n
1) Mutter f; (= animal) Muttertier nt, Mutter f; (= address to elderly lady) Mütterchen

Mother of God — Muttergottes f, Mutter f Gottes;

a mother's love — Mutterliebe f

she's a mother of three — sie hat drei Kinder

she's her mother's daughter —

I had the mother and father of a headache (inf) — ich hatte vielleicht Kopfschmerzen!

the mother of all battles/confrontations/traffic jams — die Mutter aller Kriege/Auseinandersetzungen/Staus

2) (US sl) Arschloch nt (vulg), Saftsack m (inf)

a real mother of a day — ein Scheißtag m (inf)

2. attr
Mutter-

mother plant — Mutterpflanze f

mother bird — Vogelmutter f

mother hen — Glucke f

3. vt
(= care for) young auf- or großziehen; (= give birth to) zur Welt bringen; (= cosset) bemuttern
* * *
mother1 [ˈmʌðə(r)]
A s
1. Mutter f (auch fig):
a mother of four eine Mutter von vier Kindern;
mother’s boy Muttersöhnchen n;
Mother’s Day Muttertag m;
Mother Earth die Mutter Erde;
Mother Nature die Mutter Natur;
mother’s ruin Br sl Gin m;
Mother Russia Mütterchen n Russland;
old Mother XY umg die alte Frau XY
2. Mother umg (Anrede) Oma!
3. mother superior
4. auch artificial mother künstliche Glucke
5. besonders US vulg motherfucker
B adj Mutter…
C v/t
1. meist fig gebären, hervorbringen
2. bemuttern
3. die Mutterschaft (gen) anerkennen
4. fig
a) die Urheberschaft (gen) anerkennen
b) die Urheberschaft (gen) zuschreiben (on sb jemandem):
mother a novel on sb jemandem einen Roman zuschreiben
mother2 [ˈmʌðə(r)]
A s Essigmutter f
B v/i Essigmutter ansetzen
* * *
1. noun
Mutter, die

she is a or the mother of six [children] — sie ist Mutter von sechs Kindern

like mother used to make — [Essen] wie bei Muttern (ugs.)

Mother Superior — Äbtissin, die

necessity is the mother of invention — (prov.) Not macht erfinderisch (Spr.)

2. transitive verb
(over-protect) bemuttern
* * *
n.
Mutter -¨ f.
Muttertier n.

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