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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈvant/, /fɐ-/
- Rhymes: -ant
- Hyphenation: ver‧wandt
Participle
verwandt
- past participle of verwenden (“to use, to utilize”)
Adjective
verwandt (strong nominative masculine singular verwandter, comparative verwandter, superlative am verwandtesten)
- related (connected by blood, adoption, or marriage)
- Hyponyms: anverwandt, blutsverwandt, stammverwandt, wurzelverwandt
- related (standing in relation or connection)
- Hyponyms: geistesverwandt, seelenverwandt
Usage notes
- In a narrower sense verwandt includes relatives by blood and adoption, their spouses and one’s own spouse—but not other “in-laws”. The latter are then specified with the adjective verschwägert (“related by marriage”).
- An even narrower sense is blutsverwandt (“related by blood”).
Declension
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Further reading
- “verwandt” in Duden online
- “verwandt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache