Stammmutter

German

Alternative forms

Stamm-Mutter

Etymology

From Stamm (“trunk, stem”) +‎ Mutter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃtamˌmʊtɐ/
Hyphenation: Stamm‧mut‧ter

Noun

Stammmutter f (genitive Stammmutter, plural Stammmütter)

ancestress, progenitrix
Synonyms: Ahnfrau, Urahnin, Matriarchin

Antonym: Stammvater

Declension

Declension of Stammmutter [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stammmutter	die	Stammmütter
genitive	einer	der	Stammmutter	der	Stammmütter
dative	einer	der	Stammmutter	den	Stammmüttern
accusative	eine	die	Stammmutter	die	Stammmütter

Related terms

Großmutter
Muttertier
Rabenmutter
Schwiegermutter
Stammeltern
Stammgast
Stammhalter
Stiefmutter

Further reading

“Stammmutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Stammmutter” in Duden online

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