Definition
A person’s brothers and sisters who share both parents or at least one parent with that person.
Translations
- English
- siblings
- Français
- frères et sœurs
- Türkçe
- kardeşler
- Polski
- rodzeństwo
- Русский
- братья и сёстры
- Українська
- брати й сестри
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Geschwister
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
siblings
/diː ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- —
- Plural
- Geschwister
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Meine Geschwister leben im Ausland.NominativPlur.My siblings live abroad.
- Die Geschwister spielen zusammen im Garten.NominativPlur.The siblings play together in the garden.
- Meine Geschwister wohnen in Berlin.NominativPlur.My siblings live in Berlin.
- Die Geschwister verstehen sich gut.NominativPlur.The siblings get along well.
- Ich habe zwei Geschwister.AkkusativPlur.I have two siblings.
- Wir besuchen unsere Geschwister.AkkusativPlur.We visit our siblings.
- Ich telefoniere oft mit meinen Geschwistern.DativPlur.I often talk to my siblings on the phone.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Geschwister/ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ/
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Article phrase
die Geschwister/diː ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | die Geschwister |
| Akkusativ | — | die Geschwister |
| Dativ | — | den Geschwistern |
| Genitiv | — | der Geschwister |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmeine Geschwister
- CollocationGeschwister haben
- CollocationGeschwister zusammen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Narrower termBruder — brother
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.