Examples from texts
My mother was afraid of them.Meine Mutter hatte Angst vor ihnen.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
"Her mother listened, looking at her with much astonishment, and, when she had finished, said: " ' You have had a long, beautiful dream, Marie; but now you must put it all out of your head.'Als Marie geendet, sagte die Mutter: »Du hast einen langen sehr schönen Traum gehabt, liebe Marie, aber schlag dir das alles nur aus dem Sinn.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
He says you were responsible for the death of your own mother, to make sure that you didn't have to honour a debt to him.Er sagt, Sie seien für den Tod Ihrer eigenen Mutter verantwortlich, um eine Schuld an ihn nicht auszahlen zu müssen.Archer, Jeffrey / Kane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey / Kain und AbelKain und AbelArcher, Jeffrey© 2004 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach© 1979 by Jeffrey ArcherKane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey© 1979 by Jeffrey Archer
Or do you see them anywhere?" he inquired of the boy who was still pointing his gun at Meggie and her mother.Oder siehst du sie irgendwo?« Fragend drehte er sich zu dem Jungen um, der Meggie und ihrer Mutter immer noch die Flinte entgegenhielt.Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / TintenherzTintenherzFunke, Cornelia© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003InkheartFunke, Cornelia© 2003 by Dressler Verlag© 2003 by The Chicken House
What a monsterosity is a cursing, drinking, smoking, painted, bobbed-haired mother!Eine fluchende, trinkende, rauchende, geschminkte, bubiköpfige Mutter ist ein abstoßender Anblick!Algren, Nelson / A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson / Wildnis des LebensWildnis des LebensAlgren, Nelson© 1956 by Nelson Algren© 1988 by Zweitausendeins, Postfach, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 61A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson© 1956 by Nelson Algren© renewed 1984 by the Estate of Nelson Algren
She couldn't help thinking of the minstrel whom her father had had quartered because he had sung for her mother, and the servant who had brought her books and was starved to death in a cage outside her window.Sie musste an den Spielmann denken, den ihr Vater hatte vierteilen lassen, weil er für ihre Mutter gesungen hatte, an den Diener, der ihnen Bücher gebracht hatte und dafür in einem Käfig vor ihrem Fenster verhungert war.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 Dressler Verlag©2008 Anthea Bell
No, Violante's mother had not been happy in this castle, whatever her daughter said.Nein. Violantes Mutter war nicht glücklich gewesen auf dieser Burg, was immer sie ihrer Tochter erzählt hatte.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
Marie shouted for joy, and her mother laughed and said, ' Now you see for yourself how nice Godpapa Drosselmeier is to Nutcracker.'Marie jauchzte laut auf vor Freude, aber die Mutter sagte lächelnd: »Siehst du nun wohl, wie gut es Pate Droßelmeier mit deinem Nußknacker meint?Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
When she came back to her senses her mother was busied about her and said : "' How could you go and tumble off your chair in that way, a big girl like you ?Als sie wieder erwachte, war die Mutter um sie beschäftigt, und sprach: »Aber wie kannst du nur vom Stuhle fallen, ein so großes Mädchen!Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
You're so sick you're just turnin' around down there under that wave not carin' who knows, your mother 'r your sister 'r your buddy 'r your wife—anythin' just so's you can stop drowin' for a minute.Du wirst so krank und verzweifelt da unten, daß dir egal ist, was deine Mutter oder deine Schwester sagt, oder dein Kumpel oder deine Frau — du mußt einen Fix haben, und wenn er dich nur eine Minute vor dem Ersaufen rettet.Algren, Nelson / The Man with the Golden ArmAlgren, Nelson / Der Mann mit dem goldenen ArmDer Mann mit dem goldenen ArmAlgren, Nelson© 1983 by Zweitausendeins, Hamburg© 1949 by Nelson AlgrenThe Man with the Golden ArmAlgren, Nelson© 1949 by Nelson Algren, renewed 1976
Mingus, I still ain't as scared to die as I am to go home to see my mother and family in Florida.Mingus, ich habe immer noch nicht soviel Angst vorm Sterben, wie ich Angst hab, nach Hause zu fahren und meine Familie in Florida zu besuchen.Mingus, Charles / Beneath the UnderdogMingus, Charles / Beneath The UnderdogBeneath The UnderdogMingus, Charles© 1971 by Charles Mingus und Nel King© fur die deutsche Ausgabe 1980, 2002Beneath the UnderdogMingus, Charles© 1971 by Charles Mingus and Nel King
Obviously, it was your grandfather's best-kept secret, but in fact it was your mother who showed it to your father when she stole away from this castle with him.Offenbar war er das bestgehütete Geheimnis Eures Großvaters, aber Eure Mutter hat ihn Eurem Vater gezeigt, als sie sich mit ihm heimlich aus dieser Burg geschlichen hat.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
"Thank you is bare, put butter on my bread," my mother snapped.»Danke reicht nicht, schmier Butter aufs Brot«, knurrte meine Mutter.Alvarez, Julia / How The Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia / Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verlorenWie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verlorenAlvarez, Julia© 1991 by Julia Alvarez© ECON Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Dusseldorf und WienHow The Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
I must leave you now, you darling boy ; my mother is calling me," whispered the girl. An unspeakable pain pierced my heart.Ich muß nun fort, du herzlieber Knabe, die Mutter ruft, so lispelte das Mädchen, ein unsäglicher Schmerz durchfuhr meine Brust.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
The cry that followed his birth, the cry with which he had brought himself to people’s attention and his mother to the gallows, was not an instinctive cry for sympathy and love.Der Schrei nach seiner Geburt, der Schrei unter dem Schlachttisch hervor, mit dem er sich in Erinnerung und seine Mutter aufs Schafott gebracht hatte, war kein instinktiver Schrei nach Mitleid und Liebe gewesen.Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererSüskind, Patrick / Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersDas Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersSüskind, Patrick© 1985 Diogenes Verlag AG ZürichPerfume. The story of a murdererSuskind, Patrick© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
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die Mutter
translation added by Анастасія Сидоренко - 2.
мама
translation added by William Diaz - 3.
Mutter
translation added by Сергей М. (谢尔盖) - 4.
Mutter
translation added by Jordan Walter
Collocations
factory mother ship
Fabrikmutterschiff
mother tree
Mutterbaum
mother crystal
Mutterkristall
mother liquid
Mutterlauge
mother liquor
Mutterlauge
mother ship
Mutterschiff
mother substance
Stammkörper
mother tincture
Urtinktur
mother hen
Glucke
mother lode
Hauptader
queen mother
Königinmutter
mother of three
Mutter von drei Kindern
mother goddess
Muttergöttin
mother house
Mutterhaus
mother fixation
Mutterkomplex
Word forms
mother
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | mother | mothers |
Possessive case | mother's | mothers' |
mother
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | mothered |
Imperative | mother |
Present Participle (Participle I) | mothering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | mothered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I mother | we mother |
you mother | you mother |
he/she/it mothers | they mother |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am mothering | we are mothering |
you are mothering | you are mothering |
he/she/it is mothering | they are mothering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have mothered | we have mothered |
you have mothered | you have mothered |
he/she/it has mothered | they have mothered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been mothering | we have been mothering |
you have been mothering | you have been mothering |
he/she/it has been mothering | they have been mothering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I mothered | we mothered |
you mothered | you mothered |
he/she/it mothered | they mothered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was mothering | we were mothering |
you were mothering | you were mothering |
he/she/it was mothering | they were mothering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had mothered | we had mothered |
you had mothered | you had mothered |
he/she/it had mothered | they had mothered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been mothering | we had been mothering |
you had been mothering | you had been mothering |
he/she/it had been mothering | they had been mothering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will mother | we shall/will mother |
you will mother | you will mother |
he/she/it will mother | they will mother |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be mothering | we shall/will be mothering |
you will be mothering | you will be mothering |
he/she/it will be mothering | they will be mothering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have mothered | we shall/will have mothered |
you will have mothered | you will have mothered |
he/she/it will have mothered | they will have mothered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been mothering | we shall/will have been mothering |
you will have been mothering | you will have been mothering |
he/she/it will have been mothering | they will have been mothering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would mother | we should/would mother |
you would mother | you would mother |
he/she/it would mother | they would mother |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be mothering | we should/would be mothering |
you would be mothering | you would be mothering |
he/she/it would be mothering | they would be mothering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have mothered | we should/would have mothered |
you would have mothered | you would have mothered |
he/she/it would have mothered | they would have mothered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been mothering | we should/would have been mothering |
you would have been mothering | you would have been mothering |
he/she/it would have been mothering | they would have been mothering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am mothered | we are mothered |
you are mothered | you are mothered |
he/she/it is mothered | they are mothered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being mothered | we are being mothered |
you are being mothered | you are being mothered |
he/she/it is being mothered | they are being mothered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been mothered | we have been mothered |
you have been mothered | you have been mothered |
he/she/it has been mothered | they have been mothered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was mothered | we were mothered |
you were mothered | you were mothered |
he/she/it was mothered | they were mothered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being mothered | we were being mothered |
you were being mothered | you were being mothered |
he/she/it was being mothered | they were being mothered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been mothered | we had been mothered |
you had been mothered | you had been mothered |
he/she/it had been mothered | they had been mothered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be mothered | we shall/will be mothered |
you will be mothered | you will be mothered |
he/she/it will be mothered | they will be mothered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been mothered | we shall/will have been mothered |
you will have been mothered | you will have been mothered |
he/she/it will have been mothered | they will have been mothered |