Mutter
German, noun
Mutter is spelled M-U-T-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 182 times per million words in written German, the 469th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutter is a German feminine noun meaning “mother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Mütter is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Mutter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiblicher Elternteil, der seine Kinder aufzieht und versorgt; Frau, welche ein oder mehrere Kinder geboren…”.
What does Mutter mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemother
noun
- 1
femininenut (for a bolt)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Mutter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weiblicher Elternteil, der seine Kinder aufzieht und versorgt; Frau, welche ein oder mehrere Kinder geboren hat 2. weibliches Tier, das ein Junges geboren hat 3. Pressvorlage für Schallplatten; Matrize 4. Muttergesellschaft
noun: 1. Schraubenmutter, welche das Gegenstück zu der Schraube bildet
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 Mutter
- Mütter plural
- Mütterchen diminutive neuter
- Mütterlein diminutive neuter
- Mütterken diminutive neuter
- Müttern dative definite plural
- Mueter alternative
- Muetter alternative
- Muoter alternative
- Muotter alternative
- Muter alternative
- Muttern plural
- M. abbreviation
- Vater masculine
- Muttchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Mutter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mutter in German?
Mutter appears 182 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).