Mutter noun feminine mother Mit der Mutter soll beginnen, wer die Tochter will gewinnen. He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. Einer liebt die Mutter, der andere die Tochter. One loves the mother, the other the daughter. There's no accounting for taste. source origin nominative plural Mütter engineering nutof a bolt or screw nominative plural Muttern