# munter
## English
### Etymology 1

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) +‎ -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmʌn.tə/
* Audio (Northern England); [ˈmʊn.ʔə]:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)

#### Noun

munter (plural munters)
* (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person
    I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.
* (Commonwealth, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.
    He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.

##### Related terms

* muntered (“drunk”)
* munted (“drunk”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle French montre.

#### Alternative forms

* monter, mounter, muntour, montour, mountour, muntoure, muntor, muntar

#### Pronunciation

* (without the foot-strut split, without approximant /r/) IPA: [ˈmʊn.tər]

#### Noun

munter (plural munters)
* (obsolete, Scotland, pre-1700) A watch (portable timepiece).
** 1831, Archaeologia Scotica: Or Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, page 80:[…] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare.
** 1841, John Jamieson, Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. Kab-Zic, page 141:[…] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]

## Danish
### Etymology

From German munter (“merry, awake”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔntər/, [ˈmɔnˀd̥ɐ]

### Adjective

munter
* merry, cheerful

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Synonyms

* fornøjet
* fornøjelig, lystig

#### Derived terms

* munterhed

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-West Germanic *mundr, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʊntɐ/
* Rhymes: -ʊntɐ
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

munter (strong nominative masculine singular munterer, comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)
* merry, awake, brisk, cheery
    Synonyms: rege, lebhaft
    Antonyms: müde, matt, schlapp

#### Derived terms

* putzmunter

#### Related terms

* aufmunternd
* ermunternd

### Further reading

* “munter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “munter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “munter” in Duden online

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuntɐ/

### Adjective

munter
* cheerful, happy, merry

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From German munter.

### Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)
* cheerful

### References

* “munter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From German munter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʉntɛr/

### Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)
* cheerful

### References

* “munter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Verb

munter
* Alternative form of monter

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From German munter. Compare Dutch monter.

### Adjective

munter
* awake; sharp; alert
* lively; sprightly

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German munter

### Adjective

munter (comparative muntrare, superlative muntrast)
* cheerful, merry, happy

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Related terms

* muntra upp
* muntra upp sig
* uppmuntra

### References

* munter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* munter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* munter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* numret