Words for family members and other relatives in Faroese, a North Germanic language spoken mainly on the Faroe Islands.
Key to abbreviations: pt = paternal (father's side), mt = maternal (mother's side).
| Føroyskt (Faroese) | |
|---|---|
| family | húsfólk; hýski |
| parents | foreldur |
| father | faðir |
| mother | móðir |
| children | barn |
| son | sonur |
| daughter | dóttir |
| husband | ektamaður; maður |
| wife | ektakona; kona |
| brother | bróðir |
| sister | systir |
| uncle | faðirbróðir (pt); móðurbróðir (mt) |
| aunt | fastir (pt); mostir (mt) |
| cousin | systkinabarn |
| nephew | bróðursonur; (brother's son); systursonur; (sister's son) |
| niece | bróðurdóttir; (brother's daughter); systurdóttir; (sister's daughter) |
| grandparents | abbi og omma |
| grandfather | abbi |
| grandmother | omma |
| grandchildren | barnabarn |
| grandson | abbasonur; ommusonur |
| granddaughter | abbadóttir; ommudóttir |
| father-in-law | verfaðir |
| mother-in-law | vermóðir |
| brother-in-law | svágur |
| sister-in-law | konusystir; bróðurkona; systir mansins |
Information about Faroese | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Family words | Tower of Babel
Family words in Faorese
http://www.unilang.org/wiki/index.php/Faroese_kinship_words
http://www.everyculture.com/Europe/Faroe-Islanders-Kinship-Marriage-and-Family.html
Family words in Germanic languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/germanic_family.html
Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish
Family words in other languages
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