"Muttersprache" meaning in German

See Muttersprache in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/, [ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁäːχə] Audio: De-Muttersprache.ogg
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|môdersprâke}} Middle Low German môdersprâke, {{der|de|la|lingua materna}} Latin lingua materna, {{compound|de|Mutter|Sprache|gloss1=mother|gloss2=language}} Mutter (“mother”) + Sprache (“language”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Muttersprache f (genitive Muttersprache, plural Muttersprachen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Muttersprache [genitive], Muttersprachen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Muttersprache [nominative, singular], Muttersprachen [definite, nominative, plural], Muttersprache [genitive, singular], Muttersprachen [definite, genitive, plural], Muttersprache [dative, singular], Muttersprachen [dative, definite, plural], Muttersprache [accusative, singular], Muttersprachen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. mother tongue; native language Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Muttersprache-de-noun-cjdq2qNt
  2. (often humorous) the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages) Tags: feminine, humorous, often
    Sense id: en-Muttersprache-de-noun-IB2s7s-b
  3. (linguistics, rare or archaic) ancestor language, parent language (language from which another is derived) Tags: archaic, feminine, rare Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: Vorläufersprache
    Sense id: en-Muttersprache-de-noun-esE8DkhA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 5 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 5 86 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Muttersprachler, muttersprachlich

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Muttersprachler"
    },
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    }
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lingua materna"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lingua materna",
      "name": "der"
    },
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprache",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprache",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprache",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: Fremdsprache"
        },
        {
          "english": "German is my native language.",
          "text": "Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "mother tongue; native language"
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          "mother tongue"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: Vatersprache"
        },
        {
          "english": "Turkish is my mother’s language and German is my father’s language.",
          "text": "Türkisch ist meine Muttersprache und Deutsch meine Vatersprache.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Muttersprache-de-noun-IB2s7s-b",
      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
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          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
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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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        "feminine",
        "humorous",
        "often"
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "de:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "16 15 69",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 5 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 5 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Latin is the ancestor of Romance.",
          "text": "Latein ist die Muttersprache des Romanischen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "ancestor language, parent language (language from which another is derived)"
      ],
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          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "parent language",
          "parent language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, rare or archaic) ancestor language, parent language (language from which another is derived)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Vorläufersprache"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁäːχə]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Muttersprache"
}

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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    },
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    }
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    },
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      "form": "Muttersprachen",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprache",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprache",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprache",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Muttersprachen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: Fremdsprache"
        },
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          "english": "German is my native language.",
          "text": "Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "mother tongue; native language"
      ],
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          "mother tongue"
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        [
          "native language",
          "native language"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: Vatersprache"
        },
        {
          "english": "Turkish is my mother’s language and German is my father’s language.",
          "text": "Türkisch ist meine Muttersprache und Deutsch meine Vatersprache.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages)"
      ],
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      ],
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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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        "feminine",
        "humorous",
        "often"
      ]
    },
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        "German terms with usage examples",
        "de:Linguistics"
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        {
          "english": "Latin is the ancestor of Romance.",
          "text": "Latein ist die Muttersprache des Romanischen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "ancestor language, parent language (language from which another is derived)"
      ],
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          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
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          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
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      ],
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          "word": "Vorläufersprache"
        }
      ],
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        "rare"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁäːχə]"
    },
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  "word": "Muttersprache"
}

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