Polyglot Dictionary

Familie

/faˈmiːli̯ə/

die noun A1

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 Familien

Meaning

  1. family

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

Verwandte

Verwandte (relatives) is the wider circle — cousins, aunts, uncles. Familie usually means the close, immediate household: parents, children, siblings.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

família

família is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "family."

Portuguese

familiar

familiar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "family."

Practice

1 What does Familie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich verbringe Weihnachten mit meiner ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Familie?

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