# moder
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of moderate.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)
* (obsolete) To moderate.

### References

* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “moder”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* “moder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

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

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

### Noun

moder c (singular definite moderen, plural indefinite mødre)
* (now formal) mother

#### Synonyms

* mor

### See also

* fader
* broder

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

moder
* inflection of modern:
** first-person singular present
** singular imperative

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* Modder (Eupen, Krefeld)
* Muoder, Motter (Krefeld)
* mótter, mouer (Sittard)
* módder (Voeren)
* moor, Moor, moojer (widespread variants)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

### Noun

moder f
* mother
* guardian
* nun
* woman

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English mōdor, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare moddrie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoːdər/, /ˈmoːðər/

### Noun

moder (plural modres or moders or moder or (Kent) modren, genitive modres or moders or moder)
* A mother; the female direct ancestor of someone or some creature.
* The indirect female ancestor of someone or some creature.
* The Virgin Mary as mother (as of Jesus or as of humanity).
* A woman who performs the duties of a mother; a female caretaker or guardian.
* A woman who heads a female monastic community; an abbess.
* A polite appellation to an elderly woman, or a ruder one to a younger one.
** 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, Adam Islip:Putte: f. A wench, laſſe, girle, modder; (eſpecially one that is no better than ſhe ſhould be.)
* Something, somewhere or someone likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing):
** a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 589–592:And now that I have ſpoken of glotonye, / Now wol I yow deffenden haſardrye; / Haſard is verray mooder of leſynges, / And of deceite, and curſed forſwerynges […]And since I've spoken about gluttony, / Now, I'll prevent you from dice-playing; / Dice games are literally the source of falsehoods, / deception, and false testimonies […]
** A behaviour, attribute, virtue, or vice likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing)
** The womb (as the organ which protects and nourishes the baby).

#### Related terms

* godmoder
* moder in lawe
* moderhede
* moderles
* moderly
* moderwort
* stepmoder

#### Descendants

* English: mother, mither (Scotland and Northern England)
** Australian Kriol: motha
** → Japanese: マザー (mazā)
** → Korean: 마더 (madeo)
* Scots: mither, medder, midder, moder, moeder (Shetland), mideer, mother
* Yola: moodher, moother, moothar

### References

* “mọ̄der, 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

Derived from Old Norse móðir.

### Noun

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

Inherited from Old Norse móðir.

### Noun

moder f (definite singular modera, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)
* (dated, or jokingly) mother

#### Derived terms

* Moder Jord
* moderland
* moderskip

### References

* “moder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoː.der/

### Noun

mōder f
* Alternative form of mōdor

## Scots
### Noun

moder
* Alternative form of mither

### References

* “mither, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
* “moder, n.1.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *modʰros.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mòːdər/

#### Adjective

mọ́dər (comparative bȍlj mọ́dər, superlative nȁjbolj mọ́dər)
* blue

##### Derived terms

* mọ́drost

#### See also

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text) :
| bela | siva | črna |
| rdeča; škrlatna | oranžna; rjava | rumena; krem |
| svetlozelena, limeta | zelena | |
| sinja, cian; turkizna | azurna | modra |
| vijolična; indigo | magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila | roza, rožnata |

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandr-. Cognate with Lithuanian mandrùs and Proto-Germanic *mundraz (German munter).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mòːdər/

#### Adjective

mọ́dər (comparative modrȇjši or mọ́drejši, superlative nȁjmodrȇjši or nȁjmọ́drejši)
* wise

##### Derived terms

* modrọ̑st
* mọ̑drəc

### Further reading

* “moder”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “moder”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* mor (def. 1)

### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²muːdɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːdɛr

### Noun

moder c
* (somewhat dated) mother
* mother (as in Mother Theresa, Mother Earth, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* anmoder
* drottningmoder
* förmoder
* kycklingmoder
* landsmoder
* livmoder
* moderbolag
* modercell
* moderfartyg
* moderförening
* moderföretag
* moderförsamling
* moderkaka
* moderklubb
* moderkort
* moderland
* moderlig
* moderlighet
* moderliv
* moderlös
* moderlöshet
* modernäring
* moderparti
* moderplanta
* modersbröst
* modersbunden
* modersfamn
* modersfixering
* modersgestalt
* modersglädje
* modershjärta
* modersinstinkt
* moderskap
* moderskepp
* moderskomplex
* moderskänsla
* moderskärlek
* moderslycka
* modersmjölk
* modersmål
* modersnamn
* modersroll
* moderssköte
* mödradödlighet
* mödragymnastik
* mödrahälsovård
* mödravård
* mödravårdscentral
* stammoder
* urmoder
* ättemoder

### See also

* fader
* far
* mamma
* pappa

### References

* moder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* moder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* moder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* moder in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* derom, domer