Leihmutter
German, noun/ˈlaɪ̯mʊtɐ/
Leihmutter is spelled L-E-I-H-M-U-T-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leihmutter is a German feminine noun meaning “surrogate mother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Frau, die eine Schwangerschaft für andere übernimmt, die fremdgezeugte Embryos oder fremdbefruchtete Eizellen…”.
What does Leihmutter mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesurrogate mother
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Frau, die eine Schwangerschaft für andere übernimmt, die fremdgezeugte Embryos oder fremdbefruchtete Eizellen austrägt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Leihmutter
- Leihmütter plural
- Leihmüttern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Leihmutter?
- /ˈlaɪ̯mʊtɐ/
- [ˈlaɪ̯mʊtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Leihmutter in German?
Leihmutter appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).