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Muttersprache.

mother tongue; native language

13 characters4 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/[ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁäːχə]

  1. mother tongue; native language

    feminine
    Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache.

  2. the language one has learnt from one’s mother (chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages)

    feminine · humorous · often
    Türkisch ist meine Muttersprache und Deutsch meine Vatersprache.

  3. ancestor language, parent language (language from which another is derived)

    archaic · feminine · rare
    Latein ist die Muttersprache des Romanischen.
Where this word comes from

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”).

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