family

Familie

Menschen, die durch Geburt oder Heirat miteinander verwandt sind.

In einfachem Englisch: People who are related to each other through birth or marriage.

• My family lives nearby.
• All our cousins came to the family reunion.
• Do you have family in this town?

Synonyme: relatives, kin

Häufige Wendungen: extended family, family member, family reunion

Kernfamilie

Eine verheiratete Mutter und ein Vater, die mit ihren Kindern zusammenleben.

In einfachem Englisch: A married mother and father living together with their children.

• Our family has four members.
• The family moved when their youngest child started school.
• Both parents work to support their family.

Synonyme: nuclear family

Häufige Wendungen: nuclear family, family home, family of four

Sprachfamilie

Eine Gruppe von Sprachen, die aus derselben früheren Sprache entstanden sind.

In einfachem Englisch: A group of languages that developed from the same earlier language.

• English belongs to the Germanic language family.
• These languages come from the same family.
• Linguists studied several branches of the language family.

So benutzt man es: a family of languages (These belong to a family of languages spoken across Asia.)

Häufige Wendungen: language family, family of languages

Familie

Eine Gruppe verwandter Pflanzen oder Tiere, in der Einteilung unterhalb der Ordnung und oberhalb der Gattung.

In einfachem Englisch: A group of related plants or animals, smaller than an order and larger than a genus.

• Lions belong to the cat family.
• This plant is in the rose family.
• The biologist compared species from two different families.

So benutzt man es: belong to the … family (Lions belong to the cat family.)

Synonyme: familia

Häufige Wendungen: rose family, cat family, family of plants

familienfreundlich

Für Kinder und Erwachsene geeignet.

In einfachem Englisch: Suitable for both children and adults.

• We watched a family film.
• This hotel offers family entertainment every evening.
• They opened a family restaurant near the park.

Synonyme: family-friendly

Häufige Wendungen: family film, family restaurant, family entertainment

schwul, homosexuell

Wird in manchen schwulen Gemeinschaften verwendet, um eine andere homosexuelle Person zu beschreiben.

In einfachem Englisch: Used within some gay communities to describe another gay person.

• I think he is family.
• She quietly asked whether I was family.
• They recognized each other as family at the club.

Synonyme: gay

Häufige Wendungen: be family, also family