noun#9,500 by frequency
die Muttersprache
/ˈmʊtɐˌʃpʁaːxə/
mother tongue; native language; the language one has learnt from one’s mother
- genitive
- der Muttersprache
- plural
- die Muttersprachen
- built from
- Mutter + Sprache
Meanings
- 1
mother tongue; native language
Das ist nicht meine Muttersprache.
It's not my native language.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Russisch ist nicht seine Muttersprache.
Russian is not his native language.
Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
the language one has learnt from one’s mother — chiefly in the case of two parents with different languages
- 3
ancestor language, parent language — language from which another is derivedrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieMuttersprache | dieMuttersprachen |
| accusative | dieMuttersprache | dieMuttersprachen |
| dative | derMuttersprache | denMuttersprachen |
| genitive | derMuttersprache | derMuttersprachen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.