Polyglot Dictionary

Verwandte

/fɛɐ̯ˈvantə/

der/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

Forms

plural
die Verwandten

Meaning

  1. relative (family member)

    From verwandt (related); declined as an adjective.

    • Sie besuchten Verwandte in Hamburg.

      They visited relatives in Hamburg.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

Familie

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

Practice

1 What does Verwandte mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie besuchten ___ in Hamburg.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Verwandte?

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