Wehmutter in German

Audio: De-Wehmutter.ogg

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Etymology: Weh + Mutter Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Weh|Mutter}}, {{compound|de|Weh|Mutter}} Weh + Mutter Head templates: {{de-noun|f,^}} Wehmutter f (genitive Wehmutter, plural Wehmütter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,^}} Forms: Wehmutter [genitive], Wehmütter [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Wehmutter [nominative, singular], Wehmütter [definite, nominative, plural], Wehmutter [genitive, singular], Wehmütter [definite, genitive, plural], Wehmutter [dative, singular], Wehmüttern [dative, definite, plural], Wehmutter [accusative, singular], Wehmütter [accusative, definite, plural]

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          "english": "And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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"Wehmutter" meaning in German

Noun