Family Members Vocabulary (A1)
Common words for family members:
- de familie = the family
- de ouders = the parents
- de vader = the father (
pap,papa= informal dad, daddy) - de moeder = the mother (
mam,mama= informal mom, mommy) - de zoon = the son
- de dochter = the daughter
- het kind / de kinderen = the child / the children
- de broer = the brother
- de zus = the sister
- de broers en zussen = siblings (brothers and sisters)
- de grootouders = the grandparents
- de opa = the grandfather
- de oma = the grandmother
- de man = the husband / the man
- de vrouw = the wife / the woman
- de partner = the partner (gender-neutral)
Examples:
Ik heb één broer en twee zussen.(I have one brother and two sisters.)Mijn opa en oma wonen in Utrecht.(My grandpa and grandma live in Utrecht.)Dit is mijn zoon.(This is my son.)