English-German translations for mutter

• brummen
• Brummen das
• Gemurmel das
  Zweitens beachtet niemand das leise und unverständliche Gemurmel der europäischen Führer, die über kein Mandat und vor allem über keine Legitimität verfügen. Secondly, no one heeds the muted and incomprehensible mutterings of European leaders who have no mandate and, above all, no legitimacy.
• murmeln
• Murmeln das
• Murren das
  Es wird angesichts des uneinigen Murrens aus Europa wohl kaum vor Angst schlottern. It is hardly shaking in its boots over the divided mutterings of Europe.
  Schon ein ärgerliches Murren aus Paris und Berlin reichte aus, um das Schicksal dieses hervorragenden Vorschlags für eine Dienstleistungsrichtlinie zu besiegeln. Angry mutterings from Paris and Berlin were all that was needed to ensure that this excellent draft directive was thrown out.
• nuscheln
• Nuscheln das

Definition of mutter

• A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering
• To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath
• To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations
• To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise
• Peas

Examples

• The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
• You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.
• The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
• The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
• April could hear the delivery vans engine muttering in the driveway.

Related words

• muttering
• mutterings
• mutter to oneself
• muttering to oneself
• start muttering