mutter

Bedeutung

Noun

A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

Verb

1. To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
2. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
3. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

Mit Bindestrich als

mut‧ter

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmʌtə/

Etymologie

From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.