German noun, feminine · CEFR A1

die Mutter

Meaning in English: mother

Rank 813 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Meine Mutter ruft jeden Sonntag an.

My mother calls every Sunday.

Der, die or das?

Mutter is feminine: die Mutter. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -er are usually der (126 of 160 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Mutter in the top 5,000

These forms of Mutter are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Mütter#4,578
mothersA1

Viele Mütter arbeiten Teilzeit.
Many mothers work part-time.

How common is Mutter?

Mutter is number 813 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 109 times per million words — about once every 9,200 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 809die Mannschaftteam
  2. 810der Zusammenhangconnection, context
  3. 811leistenachieve, do; (sich) afford
  4. 812fahrendrive, go, ride
  5. 813die Muttermother
  6. 814der Monatmonth
  7. 815der Spaßfun
  8. 816hilfthelps
  9. 817bestebest

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