Vocabulary of the family in German

Home is where the heart is , they say . And what is in the home? Family! of course , so this is a very important section of the lesson . It’ll give all vocabulary of the family in German , and later in another lesson , you’ll learn how to describe your brothers and sisters or any person! And now to get started lets do some vocabulary .

Now even though many of these Vocabulary of the family in German  are common phrases you and me would say in everyday live , some of these are rather used when you are on a visit to grandmother’s , or things your mother would say . Maybe you notice some of these in the dialogue . Now you might be asking “How am I going to speak fluent German , if I just learn phrases? ” Like I said , these are basically from the dialogue , and you can study these to look at the word order . Also certain things are just differnt in German,  like “Wie heißt du?” which translates literally to “How are you called?” when we use “What is your name?” .

Okay let get started on these common phrases :

• You have grown up so much (usual sentence used by Opa und Oma)
• 🔊 Listen Du bist ja richtig groß geworden

• Have you brought something for us ?
• 🔊 Listen Hast du uns etwas mitgebracht ?

• Now don’t be so excited .
• 🔊 Listen Nun sei nicht so aufgeregt .

• Let somebody come in .
• 🔊 Listen Jemanden hereinkommen lassen .

• (They) Have already been opened .
• 🔊 Listen (Sie) Wurden schon ausgepackt .

• To thank for something .
• 🔊 Listen (Sich) Bedanken für etwas .

Using Formal and Informal Pronouns in the Family

Some very conservative families might still use Sie with grandparents or even parents ! This is sometimes practiced in families of nobility or exterritorial cultural islands in which older German customs have survived . However, using “Sie” feels very outdated to the vast majority of people . In practically every family all members use du with each other .