munter
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌn.tə/
Audio (Northern England); [ˈmʊn.ʔə]: (file) - Rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]munter (plural munters)
- (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person
- I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.
- (New Zealand, Australia, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.
- He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.
Related terms
[edit]- muntered (“drunk”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle French montre.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (without the foot-strut split, without approximant /r/) IPA(key): [ˈmʊn.tər]
Noun
[edit]munter (plural munters)
- (obsolete, Scotland, pre-1700) A watch, the thing that one wears to know the time.
- 1831, Archaeologia Scotica: Or Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, page 80:
- […] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare.
- 1841, John Jamieson, Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. Kab-Zic, page 141:
- […] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German munter (“merry, awake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]munter
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of munter | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | munter | muntrere | muntrest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | muntert | muntrere | muntrest2 |
Plural | muntre | muntrere | muntrest2 |
Definite attributive1 | muntre | muntrere | muntreste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-West Germanic *mundr, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]munter (strong nominative masculine singular munterer, comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist munter | sie ist munter | es ist munter | sie sind munter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | munterer | muntere | munteres | muntere |
genitive | munteren | munterer | munteren | munterer | |
dative | munterem | munterer | munterem | munteren | |
accusative | munteren | muntere | munteres | muntere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der muntere | die muntere | das muntere | die munteren |
genitive | des munteren | der munteren | des munteren | der munteren | |
dative | dem munteren | der munteren | dem munteren | den munteren | |
accusative | den munteren | die muntere | das muntere | die munteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein munterer | eine muntere | ein munteres | (keine) munteren |
genitive | eines munteren | einer munteren | eines munteren | (keiner) munteren | |
dative | einem munteren | einer munteren | einem munteren | (keinen) munteren | |
accusative | einen munteren | eine muntere | ein munteres | (keine) munteren |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “munter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “munter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “munter” in Duden online
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]munter
Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)
References
[edit]- “munter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)
References
[edit]- “munter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
[edit]Verb
[edit]munter
- Alternative form of monter
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | munter | avoir munté | |||||
gerund | en muntant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | muntant | ||||||
past participle | munté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | munt | muntes | munte | muntons | muntez | muntent |
imperfect | muntoie, munteie, muntoe, munteve | muntoies, munteies, muntoes, munteves | muntoit, munteit, muntot, munteve | muntiiens, muntiens | muntiiez, muntiez | muntoient, munteient, muntoent, muntevent | |
preterite | muntai | muntas | munta | muntames | muntastes | munterent | |
future | munterai | munteras | muntera | munterons | munteroiz, muntereiz, munterez | munteront | |
conditional | munteroie, muntereie | munteroies, muntereies | munteroit, muntereit | munteriiens, munteriens | munteriiez, munteriez | munteroient, muntereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | munt | munz | munt | muntons | muntez | muntent |
imperfect | muntasse | muntasses | muntast | muntissons, muntissiens | muntissoiz, muntissez, muntissiez | muntassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | munte | — | muntons | muntez | — |
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German munter. Compare Dutch monter.
Adjective
[edit]munter
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]munter (comparative muntrare, superlative muntrast)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of munter | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | munter | muntrare | muntrast |
Neuter singular | muntert | muntrare | muntrast |
Plural | muntra | muntrare | muntrast |
Masculine plural3 | muntre | muntrare | muntrast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | muntre | muntrare | muntraste |
All | muntra | muntrare | muntraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- munter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- munter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- munter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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