Family words in German

Words for family members and other relatives in German, a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein

Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female

	Deutsch (German)
family	die Familie
parents	die Eltern
father	der Vater; Vati; Pa
mother	die Mutter; Mutti; Ma
children	die Kinder
son	der Sohn
daughter	die Tochter
husband	der Mann
wife	die Frau
brother	der Bruder
sister	die Schwester
uncle	der Onkel
aunt	die Tante
cousin	der Cousin (m); die Cousine (f)
nephew	der Neffe
niece	die Nichte
grandparents	die Großeltern
grandfather	der Großvater
grandmother	die Großmutter
grandchildren	die Enkelkinder
grandson	der Enkel
granddaughter	die Enkelin
father-in-law	der Schwiegervater
mother-in-law	die Schwiegermutter
brother-in-law	der Schwager; Schwippschwager (spouse's sister's husband)
sister-in-law	die Schwägerin; Schwippschwägerin (spouse's brother's wife)

Links

Family words in German
http://german.about.com/library/blfamilie.htm
http://www.smartphrase.com/German/ge_you-family_voc.shtml#Relations

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

Family words in other languages

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