Describe your family in german
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Your family
To talk about who is in your family, use the verb haben (to have), for example ‘I have a brother’. To do this, you need to use the right indefinite article. The indefinite article is a or an. In German, einen is used for male family members and eine is used for female family members. For example:
Ich habe eine Mutter und einen Vater - I have a mother and a father.
Ich habe einen Bruder - I have a brother.
Ich habe zwei Mütter - I have two mothers.
Ich habe eine Mutter, einen Stiefvater, eine Schwester und einen Halbbruder - I have a mother, a step-father, a sister and a half-brother.
If you don’t have any brothers or sisters, you can say:
Ich habe keine Geschwister - I have no brothers and sisters.
Ich bin Einzelkind - I am an only child.
A photo of a mixed-race family standing together and smiling at the camera
Meine Familie - my family
German English
Mutter / Mütter mother / mother
Vater / Väter father / fathers
Mama mum
Papa dad
Schwester / Schwestern sister / sisters
Bruder / Brüder brother / brothers
Onkel uncle
Tante aunt
Großvater grandfather
Opa grandad
Großmutter grandmother
Oma granny
Cousin / Cousins cousin (male) / cousins (male)
Cousine / Cousinen cousin (female) / cousins (female)
Stiefmutter step-mother
Stiefvater step-father
Stiefschwester step-sister
Stiefbruder step-brother
Halbschwester half-sister
Halbbruder half-brother
keine Geschwister no brothers or sisters
Eltern parents
Pflegemutter foster mother
Pflegevater foster father