mütterlich
German, adjective/ˈmʏtɐlɪç/
mütterlich is spelled M-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mütterlich is a German adjective meaning “motherly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der Mutter stammend, zur Mutter gehörig”.
What does mütterlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
motherly
- 2
maternal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von der Mutter stammend, zur Mutter gehörig 2. fürsorglich, liebevoll wie eine Mutter
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 mütterlich
- mütterlicher masculine nominative singular
- am mütterlichsten superlative
- mütterliche feminine nominative singular
- mütterliches neuter nominative singular
- mütterlichen genitive masculine singular
- mütterlichem dative masculine singular
- der mütterliche definite includes-article masculine
- die mütterliche definite feminine includes-article
- das mütterliche definite includes-article neuter
- die mütterlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des mütterlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der mütterlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem mütterlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mütterlich?
- /ˈmʏtɐlɪç/
- [ˈmʏtʰɐlɪç]
- [ˈmʏtɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mütterlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mütterlich in German?
mütterlich appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).