munter

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English

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Etymology 1

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Late 1990s, presumably from munt (to vomit) and munted (inebriated; disgusting) +‎ -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (mushroom).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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munter (plural munters)

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly person
    I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.
  2. (Commonwealth, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.
    He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle French montre.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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munter (plural munters)

  1. (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

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Etymology

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From German munter (merry, awake).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔntər/, [ˈmɔnˀd̥ɐ]

Adjective

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munter

  1. merry, cheerful

Inflection

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Inflection of munter
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

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Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-West Germanic *mundr, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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munter (strong nominative masculine singular munterer, comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)

  1. merry, awake, brisk, cheery
    Synonyms: rege, lebhaft
    Antonyms: müde, matt, schlapp

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • munter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • munter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • munter” in Duden online

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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munter

  1. cheerful, happy, merry

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German munter.

Adjective

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munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)

  1. cheerful

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German munter.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)

  1. cheerful

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Old French

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Verb

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munter

  1. Alternative form of monter

Conjugation

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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.

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From German munter. Compare Dutch monter.

Adjective

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munter

  1. awake; sharp; alert
  2. lively; sprightly

Swedish

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Etymology

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From German munter

Adjective

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munter (comparative muntrare, superlative muntrast)

  1. cheerful, merry, happy

Declension

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Inflection of munter
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
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