søskende

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish syzkini, syskæn, from Old Norse systkin, systkini (“siblings”). Compare Faroese systkin, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /søsɡənə/, [ˈsøsɡ̊ənə]

Noun

søskende pl (plural only)

  1. siblings (brothers and sisters)

Further reading
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