Familie

See also: familie

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin familia, from famula (“female servant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈmiːliə/
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Noun

Familie f (genitive Familie, plural Familien)

family

Declension

Declension of Familie

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Familie	die	Familien
genitive	einer	der	Familie	der	Familien
dative	einer	der	Familie	den	Familien
accusative	eine	die	Familie	die	Familien

Compounds

Familienanschluß
familienfreundlich
Familiengericht
Familienname
Großfamilie
Kernfamilie
Kleinfamilie

Related terms

familiär
Famulus

Descendants

→ Danish: familie
→ Lower Sorbian: familija
→ Norwegian: familie
→ Russian: фамилия (familija)

See also

taxonomy: Gattung --- Ordnung

Further reading

Familie in Duden online

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Compare German Familie; English family.

Noun

Familie f

family

Synonyms

Früündskup

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