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)

1. family

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

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Compare German Familie; English family.

Noun

Familie f

1. family

Synonyms

• Früündskup