Mörser

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) mortar (vessel for crushing)
2. (broadly, masculine, strong) mortar and pestle (Stößel) seen as a single tool
3. (masculine, strong) mortar (cannon for shells)

Concepts

mortar

gun

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hammer

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howitzer

grinding stone

mill-stone

Synonyms

Granatwerfer

Haubitze

Geschütz

Hammer

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Kanone

Mahlstein

Artillerie

großer

Böller

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Translations

mortero

mortier

mortaio

mortier

morter

morteiro

vijzel

γουδί

almirez

havan

όλμος

almofariz

hawin

martello

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

meersel

Basel-Landschaft

meerser

Basel-Landschaft

miirsel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmœrzər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: mörser

Inherited from Old High German: morsāri

In summary

From Middle High German mörser, mörsære, from Old High German morsāri, from Proto-West Germanic *morsārī, alternative form of *mortārī (“mortar”). Doublet of Mörtel.