"mutterseelenallein" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌmʊtərˌzeːlən.aˈlaɪ̯n/, /ˈmʊtərˌzeːlən.aˌlaɪ̯n/, [mʊ.tɐ.zeː.lən.ʔa.laɪ̯n], [-zeː.l̩n.ʔa-], [-zeː.l̩.na-], /ˌmutɐˌseːl̩n.ɑˈlaɛ̯n/ Audio: De-mutterseelenallein.ogg
Etymology: 18th century, from earlier mutterallein (16th c., literally “mother-alone”), which is either “as alone as a child in the womb” or more likely “as alone as a child bereft of its mother”. The contemporary form is equivalent to Mutterseele + -n- + allein, wherein the word Mutterseele (literally “mother soul”) is an emotive enhancement of Mutter (like the usual Menschenseele for Mensch). Discredited theories derived it from mit der Seele allein (“with one's soul alone”) or from French moi tout seul (“me all alone”) + allein. The latter was supposedly introduced by Huguenot immigrants although the first Huguenots arrived in Germany around 1600 and the above mutterallein is attested earlier. From the German are Dutch moederziel alleen and Danish mutters alene. Etymology templates: {{com|de|Mutterseele|-n-|allein}} Mutterseele + -n- + allein, {{noncog|fr|moi tout seul|t=me all alone}} French moi tout seul (“me all alone”), {{cog|nl|moederziel alleen}} Dutch moederziel alleen, {{cog|da|mutters alene}} Danish mutters alene Head templates: {{de-adj}} mutterseelenallein (strong nominative masculine singular mutterseelenalleiner, not comparable) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl}} Forms: mutterseelenalleiner [masculine, nominative, singular, strong], no-table-tags [table-tags], mutterseelenallein [masculine, predicative, singular], mutterseelenallein [feminine, predicative, singular], mutterseelenallein [neuter, predicative, singular], mutterseelenallein [plural, predicative], mutterseelenalleiner [masculine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleine [feminine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleines [neuter, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleine [nominative, plural, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleinen [genitive, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleiner [feminine, genitive, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleinen [genitive, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleiner [genitive, plural, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleinem [dative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleiner [dative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleinem [dative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleinen [dative, plural, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleinen [accusative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleine [accusative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleines [accusative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], mutterseelenalleine [accusative, plural, strong, without-article], der mutterseelenalleine [definite, includes-article, masculine, nominative, singular, weak], die mutterseelenalleine [definite, feminine, includes-article, nominative, singular, weak], das mutterseelenalleine [definite, includes-article, neuter, nominative, singular, weak], die mutterseelenalleinen [definite, includes-article, nominative, plural, weak], des mutterseelenalleinen [definite, genitive, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der mutterseelenalleinen [definite, feminine, genitive, includes-article, singular, weak], des mutterseelenalleinen [definite, genitive, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], der mutterseelenalleinen [definite, genitive, includes-article, plural, weak], dem mutterseelenalleinen [dative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der mutterseelenalleinen [dative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], dem mutterseelenalleinen [dative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], den mutterseelenalleinen [dative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], den mutterseelenalleinen [accusative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], die mutterseelenalleine [accusative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], das mutterseelenalleine [accusative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], die mutterseelenalleinen [accusative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], ein mutterseelenalleiner [includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, nominative, singular], eine mutterseelenalleine [feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, nominative, singular], ein mutterseelenalleines [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, nominative, singular], mutterseelenalleinen [indefinite, mixed, nominative, plural], keine mutterseelenalleinen [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, nominative, plural], eines mutterseelenalleinen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer mutterseelenalleinen [feminine, genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], eines mutterseelenalleinen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], mutterseelenalleinen [genitive, indefinite, mixed, plural], keiner mutterseelenalleinen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einem mutterseelenalleinen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer mutterseelenalleinen [dative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], einem mutterseelenalleinen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], mutterseelenalleinen [dative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keinen mutterseelenalleinen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einen mutterseelenalleinen [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], eine mutterseelenalleine [accusative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], ein mutterseelenalleines [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], mutterseelenalleinen [accusative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keine mutterseelenalleinen [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural]
  1. utterly alone, all alone Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: mutterseelallein
    Sense id: en-mutterseelenallein-de-adj-2aE3GQBl Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -n-

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          "english": "There I stood now under God's open sky, again in the silent square, forsaken and forlorn, just as when I had arrived the day before.",
          "ref": "1826, Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts, page 108; translated as Batard Quincy Morgan, transl., Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing, Frederick Ungar, 1955, page 94",
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          "english": "In spite of wind and weather he was certain to be found at the time of the high spring tides lying out on the dike all by himself; and when the gulls shrieked, when the waves dashed against the dike, and in rolling back washed out whole pieces of sod into the sea, Hauke's angry laughter was something worth hearing.",
          "ref": "1888, Theodor Storm, Der Schimmelreiter, volume 11, page 17; translated as “The Rider of the White Horse”, in Ewald Eiserhardt, transl., The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 1914, page 233",
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          "english": "Snow and rain falls and big brown puddles grow. No one is there; only she; utterly alone.",
          "ref": "1903, Grete Meisel-Heß, Das Leid",
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        "German adjectives",
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German terms interfixed with -n-",
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        {
          "english": "There I stood now under God's open sky, again in the silent square, forsaken and forlorn, just as when I had arrived the day before.",
          "ref": "1826, Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts, page 108; translated as Batard Quincy Morgan, transl., Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing, Frederick Ungar, 1955, page 94",
          "text": "Da stand ich nun unter Gottes freiem Himmel wieder auf dem stillen Platze mutterseelen allein, wie ich gestern angekommen war.",
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          "english": "In spite of wind and weather he was certain to be found at the time of the high spring tides lying out on the dike all by himself; and when the gulls shrieked, when the waves dashed against the dike, and in rolling back washed out whole pieces of sod into the sea, Hauke's angry laughter was something worth hearing.",
          "ref": "1888, Theodor Storm, Der Schimmelreiter, volume 11, page 17; translated as “The Rider of the White Horse”, in Ewald Eiserhardt, transl., The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 1914, page 233",
          "text": "Stand eine Springfluth bevor, so konnte man sicher sein, er lag trotz Sturm und Wetter weit draußen am Deiche mutterseelenallein; und wenn die Möven gackerten, wenn die Wasser gegen den Deich tobten und beim Zurückrollen ganze Fetzen von der Grasdecke mit ins Meer hinabrissen, dann hätte man Hauke’s zorniges Lachen hören können.",
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          "english": "Snow and rain falls and big brown puddles grow. No one is there; only she; utterly alone.",
          "ref": "1903, Grete Meisel-Heß, Das Leid",
          "text": "Schnee und Regen fällt und große braune Wasserlachen wachsen an. Niemand ist da; nur sie; mutterseelenallein.",
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      "ipa": "/ˌmʊtərˌzeːlən.aˈlaɪ̯n/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmʊtərˌzeːlən.aˌlaɪ̯n/"
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      "ipa": "/ˌmutɐˌseːl̩n.ɑˈlaɛ̯n/"
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