# die Wehmutter

die Wehmutter is a German noun meaning “midwife”. Forms: der Wehmutter, die Wehmütter.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Wehmutter
- Plural: die Wehmütter

## In other languages

- Русский: акушерка, повивальная бабка

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ midwife
   - 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Genesis 35:17 (with KJV translation) — And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

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