grossmutter

Updated: May 22, 2025

To them, the Herr Vater and the Frau Grossmutter seem nearly of the same age, and of the same generation; and verily the eighteen years between the mother and son have dwindled into a very small difference even in appearance, and a lesser one in feeling.

Charlotte Mary Yonge - The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Here are German families, from Grossfader and Grossmutter, down to the newest grandchild, sitting and enjoying their beer and listening to such music as can be heard nowhere else in San Francisco, as they eat their sandwiches of limburger, or more dainty dishes according to their tastes.

Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar) Edwords - Bohemian San Francisco: Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.