Großmutter

Meaning

  1. (feminine) grandmother
  2. (colloquial,feminine) old woman, elderly woman, old lady

Frequency

B1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ/
Etymology

From groß + Mutter. Displaced Middle High German eltermuoter, altermuoter (“grandmother”), related to English eldmother, eldermother.

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