moedertaal
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch moedertaal.
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Noun
[edit]moedertaal (plural moedertale)
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of moeder (“mother”) + taal (“language”). The sense “mother tongue” was initially only used as a genitival noun phrase moeders taal, moederstaal, whence moerstaal; spellings without interfix -s- become normal for this sense in the 18th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moedertaal f (plural moedertalen, diminutive moedertaaltje n)
- mother tongue
- Synonym: moerstaal
- Nederlands is mijn moedertaal.
- Dutch is my mother language.
- ancestral language (language that is the ancestor of another language)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: moedertaal
- Negerhollands: muder tael
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