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Muttermilch

die Muttermilch

Muttermilch is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it die Muttermilch?

Muttermilch is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Milch. So it’s die Muttermilch.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Milk of the breast of the mother

[1] Milch von der Brust der/einer Mutter

Examples

[1] Breast milk is healthier for babies as a cow milk

[1] Muttermilch ist gesünder für Babys als Kuhmilch.

[1] "Then Jadeflute appeared, which was ideally sent to him by the nurse with half a bottle of breast milk, in the men's room and brought them to drink with his medicine"

[1] „Da erschien Jadeflöte, die von der Amme Ideal mit einem halben Fläschchen Muttermilch zu ihm geschickt worden war, im Herrenzimmer und brachte sie Simen Tjing zum Trinken mit seiner Arznei.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Muttermilch —
Genitiv der Muttermilch —
Dativ der Muttermilch —
Akkusativ die Muttermilch —

Pronunciation

In context

[1] frisch gewonnene Muttermilch
[1] frisch gewonnene Muttermilch Wikimedia Commons

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