Polyglot Dictionary

Cousin

/kuˈzɛ̃ː/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Cousins
feminine
die Cousine

Meaning

  1. male cousin

    Borrowed from French, pronunciation and all — one of the few common German kinship words that isn't native Germanic.

    • Mein Cousin lebt in Frankreich.

      My cousin lives in France.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vetter

Cousin and Vetter are close synonyms for "male cousin"; Vetter is dated or formal, Cousin the more common word today.

Practice

1 What does Cousin mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ lebt in Frankreich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Cousin?

See also

nounfamily

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