Family words in Danish

Words for family members and other relatives in Danish, a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Denmark.

Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, pt = paternal (father's side), mt = maternal (mother's side).

	Dansk (Danish)
family	familie
parents	forældre
father	far
mother	mor
children	børn
son	søn
daughter	datter
husband	mand
wife	kone
brother	bror
sister	søster
uncle	onkel; farbror (pt); morbror (mt)
aunt	tante; faster (pt); moster (mt)
cousin	fætter (m); kusine (f)
nephew	nevø
niece	niece
grandparents	bedsteforældre; farforældre (pt); morforældre (mt)
grandfather	bedstefar; farfar (pt); morfar (mt)
grandmother	bedstemor; farmor (pt); mormor (mt)
grandchildren	børnebørn
grandson	barnebarn
granddaughter	barnebarn
father-in-law	svigerfar; svigerfader
mother-in-law	svigermor
brother-in-law	svoger
sister-in-law	svigerinde

Hear some Danish family words:

Links

Family words in Germanic languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/germanic_family.html

Family words in Germanic languages

Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish

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