German Family Vocabulary

Talk about the family in German, with pronunciation

     

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German Family / Die Familie

Parents	die Eltern	Relative	der Verwandte (-n)
Mother	die Mutter (ü)	Man	der Mann (ä, -er)
Father	der Vater (ä)	Sir / Mister	der Herr (-en)
Son	der Sohn (ö, -e)	Woman / Ma'am / Mrs. / Ms.	die Frau (-en)
Daughter	die Tochter (ö)	Husband	der Ehemann (ä, -er)
Brother	der Bruder (ü)	Wife	die Ehefrau (-en)
Sister	die Schwester (-n)	Boy	der Junge (-n)
Grandparents	die Großeltern	Girl	das Mädchen (-)
Grandfather	der Großvater (ä)	Grandpa	der Opa (-s)
Grandmother	die Großmutter (ü)	Grandma	die Oma (-s)
Grandchildren	die Enkelkinder	Dad	der Vati
Grandson	der Enkel (-)	Mom	die Mutti
Granddaughter	die Enkelin (-nen)	Friend (m)	der Freund (-e)
Niece	die Nichte (-n)	Friend (f)	die Freundin (-nen)
Nephew	der Neffe (-n)	Partner / Significant Other (m)	der Partner (-)
Cousin (m)	der Vetter (-n)	Partner / Significant Other (f)	die Partnerin (-nen)
Cousin (f)	die Kusine (-n)	Marital Status	der Familienstand
Uncle	der Onkel (-)	Single	ledig
Aunt	die Tante (-n)	Married	verheiratet
Siblings	die Geschwister	Divorced	geschieden
Baby	das Baby (-s)	Male	männlich
Godfather	der Pate (-n)	Female	weiblich
Godmother	die Patin (-nen)	Child	das Kind (-er)
Step-	der/die Stief-	Toddler	das Kleinkind (-er)
-in-law	der/die Schwieger-	Teenager	der Teenager (-)
Brother-in-law	der Schwager (ä)	Adult	der Erwachsene (-n)
Sister-in-law	die Schwägerin (-nen)	Twin	der Zwilling (-e)

The letters in parentheses indicate the plural form of the noun. Notice that sometimes an umlaut is placed over the main vowel of the word in the plural. For example, der Mann is singular (the man) and die Männer is plural (the men). For step- and -in-law relations, just add Stief- or Schwieger- before the main person, except in the case of brother-in-law and sister-in-law noted above. The plurals follow the pattern for the main person, i.e. die Schwiegermutter (singular) and die Schwiegermütter (plural)

 

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