Vokabular für IELTS (Grundkenntnisse) - Familie und Beziehungen

one's brother or sister

Bruder

a male or female partner in a marriage

Ehepartner

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

Adoleszenz

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

Kleinkind

a relationship formed between people or groups based on mutual experiences, ideas, feelings, etc.

Bande

the state of being a father to a child or children

Vaterschaft

the relationship between two or more brothers

Brüderlichkeit

the state of being a mother to a child or children

Mutterschaft

the state of being a child

Kindheit

a retired person who gets an amount of money each month, called pension, usually from the government

Pensionär

the manner in which a child is raised, including the care, guidance, and teaching provided by parents or guardians

Erziehung

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

Bekannter

an instance of serious opposition between ideas, values, or interests

Konflikt

someone who is the mother of a person's wife or husband

Schwiegermutter

someone who is the father of a person's wife or husband

Schwiegervater

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

Schwager

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

Schwiegertochter

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent

adoptieren

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

Vorfahre

to officially cancel a marriage

aufheben

the end of a relationship or an association

Trennung

(of a group of people) having a strong friendly relationship with shared interests

eng verbunden

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

Nachkomme

the legal right to keep a thing or to take care of a person

Sorgfalt

a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not any other relatives

Kernfamilie

a large family group consisting of parents and children that might also include grandparents, aunts, or uncles

verwandte Familie

a family in which the parents live with the children from their own relationship along with the children from previous ones

Patchworkfamilie

a group of people belonging to a particular age group or time period partaking in a certain activity

Generation

someone who takes responsibility and raises someone else's child in Christian faith

Pate

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

erben

the relationship between the members of a family

Verwandtschaft

a child whose parents have died

Waise

someone who is married to either one of our parents but is not our real parent

Stiefelternteil

a woman who has undergone a divorce, indicating that she was previously married but is now legally separated from her spouse

geschiedene Frau