German noun, plural only · CEFR A1
die Geschwister
Meaning in English: siblings, brothers and sisters
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Family members in German list.
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Hast du eigentlich Geschwister?
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
How common is Geschwister?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Geschwister appears 9.6 times per million words — about once every 100,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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