Definition
The mother of one’s mother or father.
Translations
- English
- grandmother
- Français
- grand-mère
- Türkçe
- büyükanne
- Polski
- babcia
- Русский
- бабушка
- Українська
- бабуся
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Großmutter
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
grandmother
/diː ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Großmütter
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Meine Großmutter erzählt gern Geschichten.NominativSing.My grandmother likes telling stories.
- Die Großmutter backt einen Kuchen.NominativSing.The grandmother is baking a cake.
- Meine Großmutter wohnt in Hamburg.NominativSing.My grandmother lives in Hamburg.
- Die Großmutter ist sehr freundlich.NominativSing.The grandmother is very friendly.
- Ich besuche meine Großmutter.AkkusativSing.I visit my grandmother.
- Sie spricht oft mit ihrer Großmutter.DativSing.She often talks to her grandmother.
- Beide Großmütter kommen zum Fest.NominativPlur.Both grandmothers are coming to the celebration.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Großmutter/ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/
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Article phrase
die Großmutter/diː ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/
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Plural
Großmütter/ˈɡʁoːsˌmʏtɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Großmutter | die Großmütter |
| Akkusativ | die Großmutter | die Großmütter |
| Dativ | der Großmutter | den Großmüttern |
| Genitiv | der Großmutter | der Großmütter |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmeine Großmutter
- Collocationdie Großmutter besuchen
- Prepositional constructionmit der Großmuttermit + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeCompound
- GroßModifier
- MutterHead