morbror

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

morbror

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

Declension
Declension of morbror
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative morbror morbroren morbrødre morbrødrene
genitive morbrors morbrorens morbrødres morbrødrenes

Hypernyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mor +‎ bror.

Noun

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

  1. maternal uncle

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From mor +‎ bror.

Noun

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

  1. maternal uncle

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse móðurbróðir, corresponding to mor +‎ bror.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊrˌbrʊr/, /ˈmʊrbrʊr/
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Noun

morbror c

  1. maternal uncle

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

Derived terms

See also

References
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