Stammmutter
German
Alternative forms
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]
Related terms
- Großmutter
- Muttertier
- Rabenmutter
- Schwiegermutter
- Stammeltern
- Stammgast
- Stammhalter
- Stiefmutter
Further reading
- “Stammmutter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stammmutter” in Duden online