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

Derived terms

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References