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German
Etymology
From Geschwister (“siblings”) + Kind (“child”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃvɪstərˌkɪnt/,
- Hyphenation: Ge‧schwis‧ter‧kind
Noun
Geschwisterkind n (strong, genitive Geschwisterkinds or Geschwisterkindes, plural Geschwisterkinder)
- sibling (usually restricted to children and not used of adults)
- Synonym: Geschwisterchen
- (archaic or regional) child of a sibling, niece, nephew, or (in the plural, reciprocally) first cousins
1901, Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks, Fischer Verlag, published 1985, page 615:Zustimmung herrschte im Zimmer, und die Unterhaltung blieb ein wenig bei dieser Familienangelegenheit, dieser bevorstehenden Verehelichung stehen; denn da vorteilhafte Heiraten zwischen Geschwisterkindern in der Stadt nichts Ungewöhnliches waren, so nahm niemand Anstoß daran.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Geschwisterkind
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