Muhme
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German muome, from Old High German muoma, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”). Cognate with Yiddish מומע (mume), Middle English mome (“aunt, affectionate term for an older woman”), English mom (“mother”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Muhme f (genitive Muhme, plural Muhmen)
- (archaic) aunt (usually the mother's sister)
- 1816, Brüder Grimm, “Der Liebhaber zum Essen eingeladen”, in Deutsche Sagen, volume 1:
- Sie stand auf und lief davon, da zog er beide Messer aus dem Brot und warf sie hinter ihr drein und hatte sie bald sehr verletzet. Hernach ging er wieder zurück; eine Muhme, die in der Stube zugegen war, erschrack so heftig, daß sie etliche Wochen krank niederliegen mußte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Muhme [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Muhme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Muhme” in Duden online
- “Muhme” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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