🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
Bruder
A1 noun Familie
🇬🇧 English: brother
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🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
noun

Männliches Geschwisterteil.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A male person who has the same parents as you.

Grammatik

🇩🇪 German

Gender: maskulin (der). Plural: die Brüder.

🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: brothers. Common collocations: older brother, younger brother, big brother, brother-in-law (your spouse's brother or your sibling's husband). The informal word is 'bro'.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

'Big Brother' in English culture now has two meanings: the eldest brother, and a reference to government surveillance from George Orwell's novel 1984. 'Brotherhood' means a close bond between people who share common values or goals.

Beispielsätze

Das Mädchen liest ihrem Bruder ein Buch vor.

"Das Mädchen liest ihrem Bruder ein Buch vor."

🇬🇧 "The girl reads a book to her brother."

Der Junge liegt neben seinem Bruder.

"Der Junge liegt neben seinem Bruder."

🇬🇧 "The boy lies with his brother."

Lückentext 🇩🇪 German

Das Mädchen liest ihrem ___ ein Buch vor.

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