Großmutter

== German == === Alternative forms === Grossmutter (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) === Etymology === From groß +‎ Mutter. Displaced Middle High German eltermuoter, altermuoter (“grandmother”), related to English eldmother, eldermother. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/ === Noun === Großmutter f (genitive Großmutter, plural Großmütter, diminutive Großmütterchen n or Großmütterlein n) grandmother (colloquial) old woman, elderly woman, old lady ==== Usage notes ==== The substantive Großmutter can also decline like a proper noun and can take the ending -s in the genitive singular, e.g. Großmutters Apfelkuchen. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (grandmother): (colloquial) Großmama, Oma, Omi (regional) Ömchen, Omili; Baba, Babuschka (Bavarian, Austrian, dialectal, obsolete) Ahnl (baby talk) Omama (old woman, elderly woman, old lady): Alte, alte Dame, alte Frau, Greisin, Muttchen, Mütterchen, Seniorin, Weiblein (colloquial, often humorous or pejorative) Oma, Omi (euphemistic) ältere Dame, ältere Frau (pejorative) alte Tante (regional, casual) Olle ==== Antonyms ==== Großvater ==== Hypernyms ==== (grandmother): Großelternteil (old, elderly woman): (casual, pejorative) Grufti ==== Hyponyms ==== (grandmother): Großmutter mütterlicherseits Großmutter väterlicherseits ==== Holonyms ==== (grandmother): Großeltern ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Großmuttel === Further reading === “Großmutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Großmutter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Großmutter” in Duden online Großmutter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de