German Flashcards
German Family Flashcards
Master family vocabulary with flashcards, audio pronunciation, and tiered difficulty levels designed to take you from beginner to advanced.
Master family vocabulary with flashcards, audio pronunciation, and tiered difficulty levels designed to take you from beginner to advanced.
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Review your German family vocabulary and test your knowledge with interactive practice.
Put your new family vocabulary into practice and see how many words you can remember.
Review German family vocabulary with the full list of words and their English translations.
Boost your vocabulary retention with these clever, association-rich memory tricks tailored for German learners.
Memory Trick: Stamm means trunk/stem and Baum means tree in German. Think of a family tree as a literal tree trunk connecting all your roots!
A massive tree trunk (Stamm-Baum) holding all your family roots.
Memory Trick: Think of your brother-in-law walking into the family dinner with a whole lot of swagger!
The brother-in-law with full swagger (Schwager).
Memory Trick: Notice how Nichte sounds similar to neat. Imagine your young niece keeping her bedroom super neat!
A super neat little niece named Nichte.
Memory Trick: Witwe looks almost identical to English widow. Just swap the 'd' for 'tw'!
A widow (Witwe) keeping fond memories.
Memory Trick: Think of an ankle! Your energetic young grandson is so small he runs around your ankles.
The little grandson (Enkel) running around your ankles.
Memory Trick: The word Ehe looks like saying 'Eh!' at the altar when making marriage vows.
Saying 'I do' to start a happy Ehe.
How family vocabulary varies across Spain and Latin America.
Germany & Austria: Oma
Switzerland: Grosi
Germany & Austria: Opa
Switzerland: Grosspapi
Germany: Taufpate / Pate
Switzerland: Götti
Austria: Göd
Germany: Taufpatin / Patin
Switzerland: Gotte
Austria: Göttel
Germany: Elternzeit
Austria: Karenz
Switzerland: Elternurlaub
Germany & Austria: Patchwork-Familie
Switzerland: Fortsetzungsfamilie
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