Family members in German

Most family words come in pairs: der Onkel and die Tante, der Neffe and die Nichte, der Enkel and die Enkelin. Geschwister (brothers and sisters) and Großeltern (grandparents) are plural-only. Mann and Frau also mean husband and wife, so mein Mann is my husband. Of these 36 words, 15 are among the 5,000 most common; the other 21 are basic words, marked with a dash.

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RankGermanEnglishPart of speechCEFRExampleAudio

— verheiratet married adjective A1 Meine Eltern sind seit dreißig Jahren verheiratet.

— ledig single, unmarried adjective A1 Ist er verheiratet oder ledig?

— geschieden divorced adjective A2 Meine Eltern sind seit zehn Jahren geschieden.