Mutterschaf
German, noun[ˈmʊtɐˌʃaːf]
Mutterschaf is spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutterschaf is a German neuter noun meaning “a ewe (female sheep) that has a lamb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliches Schaf, das Lämmer hat”.
What does Mutterschaf mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera ewe (female sheep) that has a lamb
- 2
neutera ewe in general
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliches Schaf, das Lämmer hat
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 Mutterschaf
- Mutterschafes genitive
- Mutterschafs genitive
- Mutterschafe plural
- Mutterschafen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mutterschaf?
- [ˈmʊtɐˌʃaːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mutterschaf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mutterschaf in German?
Mutterschaf appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).