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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Cousin”, which translates to “cousin (male)”. Two identical young foxes in matching caps share one enormous ice-cream cone on a sunny hilltop, their tails linked like family.

Cousin is part of German nouns A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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derCousin, -s

cousin (male)

/kuˈzɛ̃ː/

Examples — Cousin in a sentence

Mein Cousin wohnt in Hamburg.

My cousin lives in Hamburg.

Das ist mein Cousin Tom.

This is my cousin Tom.

How to remember it

COU-SIN sounds like 'coo-zahn'. Imagine your male cousin 'cooing' at a baby, with a big 'zaaang!' sound effect.

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feminine Cousine — cousin (female)

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