A1 - Lesson 25 | the family in German | die Familie | Meine Familie | Revised | Learn German

Summary

The lesson teaches basic German family vocabulary and how to use possessive articles such as mein (“my”) and dein (“your”) when describing family members. It builds toward describing a family and labeling a family tree.

Family vocabulary

• die Familie — the family
• der Vater — the father
• die Mutter — the mother
• die Eltern — the parents
• der Bruder — the brother
• die Schwester — the sister
• die Geschwister — siblings
• der Großvater — the grandfather
• die Großmutter — the grandmother
• die Großeltern — the grandparents
• der Onkel — the uncle
• die Tante — the aunt
• der Cousin — male cousin
• die Cousine — female cousin

The lesson notes that Geschwister means “siblings.” A subtitle comment about das Geschwister is unclear; the standard plural form is die Geschwister.

Using possessive articles

The lesson applies possessive articles to family vocabulary. For example:

• mein Vater — my father
• meine Mutter — my mother
• meine Eltern — my parents
• mein Bruder — my brother
• meine Schwester — my sister

These examples show how to introduce relatives and describe whose family members they are, such as Das ist mein Vater (“That is my father”).

Describing and mapping a family

The lesson introduces simple descriptions such as Meine Familie ist klein (“My family is small”) and the term der Familienbaum (“the family tree”). It concludes by identifying family members on a sample tree and prompting learners to create a family tree of their own.

Speakers or sources featured

• An unnamed lesson instructor or narrator from the German-learning video. No other distinct speakers are identifiable in the subtitles.