Die Familie
"Talk about your family" is one of the most common Goethe/telc A1 speaking prompts, and family small talk is a real-life staple once you're living in Germany. Today's vocabulary set also gives you fresh, low-stakes practice at attaching the right article to a noun - the habit from Lesson 4.
| die Familie | family | der Vater | father |
| die Mutter | mother | die Eltern (pl.) | parents |
| der Bruder | brother | die Schwester | sister |
| der Sohn | son | die Tochter | daughter |
| der Mann | husband / man | die Frau | wife / woman |
| das Kind | child | die Geschwister (pl.) | siblings |
Note: der Mann and die Frau double as "husband/man" and "wife/woman" - context (usually a possessive like mein Mann, "my husband") disambiguates.
| mein / meine | my (masc./neut. vs. fem.) |
| dein / deine | your, informal |
Das ist mein Vater. Das ist meine Mutter.
Ich habe zwei Geschwister: einen Bruder und eine Schwester.
mein for masculine/neuter nouns, meine for feminine and all plurals - the same der/die/das pattern from Lesson 4 showing up again, which is exactly why that habit pays off.
1. What's the article for "Mutter" (mother)?
2. What's the article for "Bruder" (brother)?
3. "This is my father." - Das ist ______ Vater.
4. "This is my mother." - Das ist ______ Mutter.
5. What's the German word for "siblings"?
Vocabulary drawn from the "Familie" topic group in the official Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Wortliste.
Want to describe a more complex family situation (step-family, extended family)? Ask your teaching agent for the vocabulary you specifically need.