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Muttersprache
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German
Etymology
Loan translation and/or phonetic adaptation of de gml môdersprâke, itself possibly a loan translation of de la lingua materna. Analyzable as de Mutter Sprache mother language.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/ [ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁäːχə]
de De-Muttersprache.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
mother tongue; native language
de Fremdsprache
de Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache. German is my native language.
de often jocular the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages)
de Vatersprache
de Türkisch ist meine Muttersprache und Deutsch meine Vatersprache. Turkish is my mother’s language and German is my father’s language.
de linguistics rare or archaic ancestor language, parent language language from which another is derived
de Vorläufersprache
de Tochtersprache Schwestersprache
de Latein ist die Muttersprache des Romanischen. Latin is the ancestor of Romance.
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Muttersprachler
de muttersprachlich
Further reading
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