Polyglot Dictionary

Großvater

/ˈɡʁoːsˌfaːtɐ/

der 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 Großväter

Meaning

  1. grandfather

    • Mein Großvater hat im Garten gearbeitet.

      My grandfather used to work in the garden.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Groß big, great — here a generation removed
  • Vater father

Similar words

Opa

Opa is the warm form of direct address; Großvater is the neutral word for talking about him.

Similar in other languages

French

grand-père

grand-père is the French word for the same thing — both mean "grandfather."

Portuguese

avô

avô is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "grandfather."

Practice

1 What does Großvater mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ hat im Garten gearbeitet.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Großvater?

See also

nouncompoundfamily

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