Muttersprache

== German == === Etymology === Loan translation and/or phonetic adaptation of Middle Low German môdersprâke, itself possibly a loan translation of Latin lingua materna. Analyzable as Mutter (“mother”) +‎ Sprache (“language”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/, [ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁäːχə] === Noun === Muttersprache f (genitive Muttersprache, plural Muttersprachen) mother tongue; native language Coordinate term: Fremdsprache (often humorous) the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages) Coordinate term: Vatersprache (linguistics, rare or archaic) ancestor language, parent language (language from which another is derived) Synonym: Vorläufersprache Coordinate terms: Tochtersprache, Schwestersprache ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Muttersprachler muttersprachlich === Further reading === “Muttersprache”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Muttersprache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Muttersprache” in Duden online Muttersprache on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de