Knowing relations between words can help understand their meanings and build a more connected vocabulary network. Here, you can explore parents and offspring and discover the whole family.
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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "eltern" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "eltern" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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quiet a simple question but just wanted to double check this could refer to the parents from one family as well as a large group of parents from many families?
And if we are refering to the parents of one child its “sind” right?
“Die Eltern von Timmy haben wegen seiner bodenlosen Frechheit ausgerastet”
“sind … ausgerastet” ;)
Yes, “die Eltern” can also be a herd of parents. Or is it a litter of parents? Flock of parents… so many choices.
sind ausgerastet makes sense now you mention it…makes it sound even more explosive somehow
If i was a teacher i might go for something like “an affliction of parents”