morbror

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse móðurbróðir, equivalent to mor (mother) +‎ bror (brother).

Noun[edit]

morbror

  1. maternal uncle; one's mother's brother

Declension[edit]

Hypernyms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mor +‎ bror.

Noun[edit]

morbror m (definite singular morbroren, indefinite plural morbrødre, definite plural morbrødrene)

  1. maternal uncle

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mor +‎ bror.

Noun[edit]

morbror m (definite singular morbroren, indefinite plural morbrør, definite plural morbrørne)

  1. maternal uncle

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse móðurbróðir, corresponding to mor +‎ bror.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊrˌbrʊr/, /ˈmʊrbrʊr/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

morbror c

  1. maternal uncle

Declension[edit]

Declension of morbror 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative morbror morbrodern morbröder morbröderna
Genitive morbrors morbroderns morbröders morbrödernas

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]