die Großeltern
Meaning in English: grandparents
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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Im Sommer besuchen wir die Großeltern.
In summer we visit our grandparents.
How common is Großeltern?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Großeltern appears 11 times per million words — about once every 94,000 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.
Related words in the list
Großeltern is built from groß (big, large, tall) + die Eltern (parents).
Family: more words
- die Familiefamily
- die Elternparents
- die Muttermother
- der Vaterfather
- das Kindchild
- der Sohnson
- die Tochterdaughter
- der Bruderbrother
- die Schwestersister; nurse
- die Geschwistersiblings, brothers and sisters
- die Großmuttergrandmother
- der Großvatergrandfather
- die Omagrandma, granny
- der Opagrandpa, grandad
- der Enkelgrandson; grandchild
- die Enkelingranddaughter
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