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GERMAN DICTIONARY

die Großeltern

  • A1
  • Noun
  • People & Family

grandparents

/diː ˈɡʁoːsʔɛltɐn/

Meaning and translations

Definition

A person’s grandmothers and grandfathers, meaning the parents of that person’s parents.

Translations
English
grandparents
Français
grands-parents
Türkçe
büyükanne ve büyükbaba
Polski
dziadkowie
Русский
бабушка и дедушка
Українська
бабуся й дідусь

Grammar & classification

Article
die
Gender
—
Plural
Großeltern
Part of speech
Noun
CEFR level
A1
Topics
People & FamilyPrimary

Usage examples

  1. Meine Großeltern wohnen auf dem Land.NominativPlur.My grandparents live in the countryside.
  2. Am Wochenende besuchen wir die Großeltern.AkkusativPlur.At the weekend we visit the grandparents.
  3. Die Kinder bleiben bei den Großeltern.DativPlur.The children stay with their grandparents.

Pronunciation and forms

  • Lemma
    Großeltern/ˈɡʁoːsʔɛltɐn/
  • Article phrase
    die Großeltern/diː ˈɡʁoːsʔɛltɐn/
  • Plural
    Großeltern/ˈɡʁoːsʔɛltɐn/

Declension / Forms

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativ—die Großeltern
Akkusativ—die Großeltern
Dativ—den Großeltern
Genitiv—der Großeltern

Usage and collocations

  • Collocationmeine Großeltern
  • Collocationdie Großeltern besuchen
  • Prepositional constructionbei den Großelternbei + Dativ

Semantic relations

  • Semantically relatedEnkel — grandson

    Großeltern and Enkel belong to different generations of the same family and are not interchangeable.

  • Broader termVorfahren

    Vorfahren is a hypernym for earlier generations; Großeltern refers only to the parents of one's parents.

Word formation and word family

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