Words for family members and other relatives in Afrikaans, a West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia.
| Afrikaans | |
|---|---|
| family | familie |
| parents | ouers |
| father | vader |
| mother | ma |
| children | kinders |
| son | seun |
| daughter | dogter |
| husband | man |
| wife | vrou |
| brother | broer |
| sister | suster |
| uncle | oom |
| aunt | tante |
| cousin | neef |
| nephew | neef |
| niece | niggie |
| grandparents | grootouers |
| grandfather | oupa |
| grandmother | ouma |
| grandchildren | kleinkinders |
| grandson | kleinseun |
| granddaughter | kleindogter |
| father-in-law | skoonvader |
| mother-in-law | skoonmoeder |
| brother-in-law | swaer |
| sister-in-law | skoonsuster |
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