Polyglot Dictionary

Geschwister

/ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ/

die 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

Meaning

  1. siblings (brothers and sisters together)

    Almost always plural, and gender-neutral by design — it names the sibling relationship itself, without saying how many brothers or sisters are involved. English has no single equally natural word; "siblings" is close but far less commonly used in everyday speech.

    • Hast du Geschwister?

      Do you have any siblings?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Zwillinge

Zwillinge means specifically twins — siblings born together. Geschwister makes no claim about age gap at all; it just means "siblings," of any number and spacing.

Practice

1 What does Geschwister mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hast du ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Geschwister?

nounfamilyuntranslatable

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