Words for family members and other relatives in Dutch, a Germanic language spoken mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female
| Nederlands (Dutch) | family | familie |
|---|---|
| parents | ouders |
| father | vader; papa |
| mother | moeder; mama |
| children | kinderen |
| son | zoon |
| daughter | dochter |
| husband | man |
| wife | vrouw |
| brother | broer |
| sister | zus |
| uncle | oom |
| aunt | tante |
| cousin | neef (m); nicht (f) |
| nephew | neef |
| niece | nicht |
| grandparents | grootouders |
| grandfather | grootvader opa |
| grandmother | grootmoeder oma |
| grandchildren | kleinkinderen |
| grandson | kleinzoon |
| granddaughter | kleindochter |
| father-in-law | schoonvader |
| mother-in-law | schoonmoeder |
| brother-in-law | zwager; schoonbroer |
| sister-in-law | schoonzus |
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Family words in Dutch
http://www.smartphrase.com/Dutch/du_you-family_voc.shtml
http://www.heardutchhere.net/dufamily.html
Family words in Germanic languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/germanic_family.html
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Family words in other languages
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