Definition
The son of an aunt or uncle.
Translations
- English
- male cousin
- Français
- cousin
- Türkçe
- erkek kuzen
- Polski
- kuzyn
- Русский
- двоюродный брат
- Українська
- двоюрідний брат
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Cousin
- A2
- Noun
- People & Family
male cousin
/deːɐ̯ kuˈzɛ̃ː/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Cousins
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Mein Cousin wohnt in Köln.NominativSing.My cousin lives in Cologne.
- Ich treffe meinen Cousin am Bahnhof.AkkusativSing.I am meeting my cousin at the train station.
- Ich helfe meinem Cousin bei den Hausaufgaben.DativSing.I help my cousin with his homework.
- Das Fahrrad meines Cousins ist neu.GenitivSing.My cousin’s bicycle is new.
- Meine Cousins wohnen in Köln.NominativPlur.My cousins live in Cologne.
- Ich besuche meine Cousins am Wochenende.AkkusativPlur.I visit my cousins at the weekend.
- Ich erzähle meinen Cousins von der Reise.DativPlur.I tell my cousins about the trip.
- Die Fahrräder meiner Cousins stehen vor dem Haus.GenitivPlur.My cousins’ bicycles are standing in front of the house.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Cousin/kuˈzɛ̃ː/
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Article phrase
der Cousin/deːɐ̯ kuˈzɛ̃ː/
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Plural
Cousins/kuˈzɛ̃ːs/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Cousin | die Cousins |
| Akkusativ | den Cousin | die Cousins |
| Dativ | dem Cousin | den Cousins |
| Genitiv | des Cousins | der Cousins |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationder jüngere Cousin
- Collocationjemanden mit dem Cousin bekannt machen
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Cousin telefonierenmit + Dativ
- Profession expressionDer Cousin ist Student.
- Sentence patternMein Cousin kommt morgen zu Besuch.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termBruder — brother
A Bruder is also a male relative of the same generation, but not the child of an aunt or an uncle.
- Related termCousine — female cousin
Cousine and Cousin refer to female and male relatives of the same generation, respectively.
- Related termSchwester — sister
A Schwester has the same parents as the person in question; a Cousin, by contrast, is the son of an aunt or an uncle.
- Related termNeffe — nephew
A Neffe is part of the family, but is the male person of the following generation and not a Cousin.
- Broader termVerwandter
Verwandter is the broader hypernym; a Cousin is a specific type of relative.
- Easily confused withKusin
Kusin is an alternative spelling of Cousin; both refer to a male Cousin.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Cousin“ is an established loanword from French and is used in German as an independent noun.
Word family
- Kusine
- Cousine — female cousin