muttersprachlich
German, adjective/ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːχlɪç/
muttersprachlich is spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-L-I-C-H (16 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muttersprachlich is a German adjective meaning “mother tongue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Muttersprache bezogen, nach Art der Muttersprache”.
What does muttersprachlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mother tongue
Bist du muttersprachlich Deutsch aufgewachsen?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf die Muttersprache bezogen, nach Art der Muttersprache
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 muttersprachlich
- muttersprachlicher masculine nominative singular
- muttersprachliche feminine nominative singular
- muttersprachliches neuter nominative singular
- muttersprachlichen genitive masculine singular
- muttersprachlichem dative masculine singular
- der muttersprachliche definite includes-article masculine
- die muttersprachliche definite feminine includes-article
- das muttersprachliche definite includes-article neuter
- die muttersprachlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des muttersprachlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der muttersprachlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem muttersprachlichen dative definite includes-article
- den muttersprachlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muttersprachlich?
- /ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːχlɪç/
- [ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muttersprachlich in German?
muttersprachlich appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).