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
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Meine Geschwister leben im Ausland.NominativPlur.My siblings live abroad.
- Ich habe zwei Geschwister.AkkusativPlur.I have two siblings.
- Ich telefoniere oft mit meinen Geschwistern.DativPlur.I often talk to my siblings on the phone.
- Die Liebe der Geschwister verbindet die Familie.GenitivPlur.The love between siblings strengthens the family.
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/
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Plural
Geschwister/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
- CollocationGeschwister besuchen
- Sentence patternGeschwister unterstützen sich gegenseitig.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.