# die Nährmutter

die Nährmutter is a German noun meaning “foster mother”. Forms: der Nährmutter, die Nährmütter.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Nährmutter
- Plural: die Nährmütter

## In other languages

- Русский: приёмная мать

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ foster mother
   - 1901, Max Henning, Der Koran, 4:23 (with Yusuf Ali's translation) — Prohibited to you (for marriage) are: Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in, no prohibition if ye have not gone in; (those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;

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