{"id":755,"date":"2012-10-20T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=755"},"modified":"2012-10-19T11:20:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:20:57","slug":"familien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/10\/20\/familien\/","title":{"rendered":"Familien"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What would we be without a familie<\/strong> (family)? Even though an increasing number of Danes choose to live alene<\/strong> (alone), most people live together with at least one of their familiemedlem\/mer<\/strong> (family member\/s). Let\u2019s take a look at the relevant words:<\/p>\n

mor<\/strong> mother (remember the sound of the Danish R<\/a>? Small children cry \u201dmo-a!<\/strong>\u201d)
\nfar<\/strong> father
\nfor\u00e6ldre<\/strong> [fo\u1d52\u02b3-EL-dreh] parents
\nvoksen<\/strong>, voksne<\/strong> adult, adults
\nbarn<\/strong>, b\u00f8rn<\/strong> child, children
\ns\u00f8n<\/strong>, s\u00f8nner<\/strong> son, sons
\ndatter<\/strong>, d\u00f8tre<\/strong> daughter, daughters
\nbror<\/strong>, br\u00f8dre<\/strong> brother, brothers
\ns\u00f8ster<\/strong>, s\u00f8stre<\/strong> sister, sisters
\ns\u00f8skende<\/strong> siblings<\/p>\n

To say that someone\u2019s your little or big brother or sister, you prefix either lille<\/strong>– or store<\/strong>-: lillebror<\/strong>, stores\u00f8ster<\/strong>. If he or she has got the same alder<\/strong> (age) as you, you must be tvilling\/er<\/strong> (twin\/s).<\/p>\n

Then we\u2019ve got the older generations. Notice that Danish is more nuanced than English when it comes to describing grandparents:<\/p>\n

mormor og morfar<\/strong> grandmother and grandfather (mother\u2019s parents)
\nfarmor og farfar<\/strong> grandmother and grandfather (father\u2019s parents)
\nbedstefor\u00e6ldre<\/strong> = bedstemor og bedstefar<\/strong> grandparents (generally, without specifying whether they\u2019re you\u2019re on your mother\u2019s or father\u2019s side)
\noldefor\u00e6ldre<\/strong> = oldemor og oldefar<\/strong> great-grandparents
\ntipoldefar<\/strong>, tiptipoldemor<\/strong> great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandmother<\/p>\n

Then we\u2019ve got the more remote sl\u00e6gtning\/e<\/strong> (relative\/s):<\/p>\n

f\u00e6tter<\/strong> male cousin
\nkusine<\/strong> female cousin
\ntante<\/strong> aunt
\nonkel<\/strong> uncle
\nfaster<\/strong> aunt (father\u2019s sister)
\nfarbror<\/strong> uncle (father\u2019s brother)
\nmoster<\/strong> aunt (mother\u2019s sister)
\nmorbror<\/strong> uncle (mother\u2019s brother)
\nnev\u00f8<\/strong> nephew
\nniece<\/strong> [nee-EH-seh] niece<\/p>\n

And the in-laws:<\/p>\n

svigermor<\/strong> [SVEEYor-] mother-in-law
\nsvigerfar<\/strong> father-in-law
\nsvoger<\/strong> [SVOUWor] brother-in-law
\nsvigerinde<\/strong> [SVEEYoren] sister-in-law<\/p>\n

As the traditional kernefamilie<\/strong> (nuclear family) is changing in Denmark too, new words are needed. A few of them are:<\/p>\n

delebarn<\/strong> a child of separated parents that spends some days at her mother\u2019s place, the other days at her father\u2019s place (the word literally means \u2019share-kid\u2019)
\nstedfar<\/strong> stepfather
\npapfar<\/strong> \u201dcardboard father\u201d, a more slang-ish way of saying stepfather!
\nadoptivmor<\/strong> [adoptEEVmor] a mother who\u2019s adopted an adoptivbarn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

What would we be without a familie (family)? Even though an increasing number of Danes choose to live alene (alone), most people live together with at least one of their familiemedlem\/mer (family member\/s). Let\u2019s take a look at the relevant words: mor mother (remember the sound of the Danish R? Small children cry \u201dmo-a!\u201d) far…<\/p>\n

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