Muttersprache

German (Berlin)

/ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/

noun
Definitions
  • mother tongue; native language
  • (often) the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages)
  • (linguistics) ancestor language language from which another is derived

Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German môdersprâke derived from Latin lingua materna compound from German Mutter (mother, nut) + German Sprache (language, speech, Schule).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Sprache

Gloss

language, speech, Schule

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

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