different between moder vs mooer

English

Verb

moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)

1. (obsolete) to moderate

Anagrams

• 'drome, -drome, Domer, Drôme, dermo, dermo-, drome, mored

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o???

Noun

moder c (singular definite moderen, plural indefinite mødre)

1. (now formal) mother

Inflection

Synonyms

• mor

See also

• fader#Danish
• broder#Danish

German

Pronunciation

Verb

moder

1. inflection of modern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *m?d?r, from Proto-Indo-European *méh?t?r.

Noun

moder f

1. mother
2. guardian
3. nun
4. woman

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mother, modere, modre, modir, modyr, mooder, modder, modire, modyre, modur, moodur, moderr

Etymology

From Old English m?dor, from Proto-Germanic *m?d?r, from Proto-Indo-European *méh?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?d?r/, /?mo?ð?r/

Noun

moder (plural modres or moders or moder or (Kent) modren, genitive modres or moders or moder)

1. A mother; the female direct ancestor of someone or some creature.
2. The indirect female ancestor of someone or some creature.
3. The Virgin Mary as mother (as of Jesus or as of humanity).
4. A woman who performs the duties of a mother; a female caretaker or guardian.
5. A woman who heads a female monastic community; an abbess.
6. A polite appellation to an elderly woman, or a ruder one to a younger one.
7. Something, somewhere or someone likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing):
   1. A behaviour, attribute, virtue, or vice likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing)
   2. The womb (as the organ which protects and nourishes the baby).

Related terms

Descendants

• English: mother, mither
• Scots: moder, mither
• Yola: moodher, moother, moothar

References

• “m??der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.
• p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir

Noun

moder m (definite singular moderen, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. (dated, or jokingly) synonym of mor

Derived terms

• Moder Jord
• moderland
• moderskip

References

• “moder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “moder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mor

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir.

Noun

moder f (definite singular modera, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. (dated, or jokingly) mother

Derived terms

• Moder Jord
• moderland
• moderskip

References

• “moder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.der/

Noun

m?der f

1. Alternative form of m?dor

Scots

Etymology

From Old English m?dor. Compare mither.

Noun

moder (plural moders)

1. (archaic) mother

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *modr?, from Proto-Indo-European *mod?ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mò?d?r/

Adjective

m??d?r (comparative b?lj m??d?r, superlative n?jbolj m??d?r)

1. blue

Inflection

Derived terms

• m??drost

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *m?dr?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandr-. Cognate with Lithuanian mandrùs and Proto-Germanic *mundraz (German munter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mò?d?r/

Adjective

m??d?r (comparative modr?jši or m??drejši, superlative n?jmodr?jši or n?jm??drejši)

1. wise

Inflection

Derived terms

• modr??st
• m??dr?c

Further reading

• “moder”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Alternative forms

• mor (def. 1)

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *m?d?r, from Proto-Indo-European *méh?t?r.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?d?r

Noun

moder c

1. (somewhat dated) mother
2. mother; as in Mother Theresa, Mother Earth etc.

Declension

See also

• mamma
• fader
• far
• pappa

Anagrams

• derom, domer

English

Etymology

moo +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u??(?)

Noun

mooer (plural mooers)

1. One who moos.
   • 1970, Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen and Zen Classics - Page 164

     Rinzai says, "I can do more than moo; I can call you a mooer."

   • 1993, Jonathan Rix, Some Hope - Page 66

     ... and just as I've finished my first glass this snooty cow comes over, ...

     Then like Si appears and I reckon he saw this mooer was getting my goat, ...

   • 2008, Peggy McColl, 21 Distinctions of Wealth: Attract the Abundance You Deserve - Page 67

     Her husband, as it turned out, was an amazing mooer, and he mooed his way to winning!

Anagrams

• Moore, Mooré, Romeo, Roome, roome