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Illustration of the A1 German word “die Familie”, which translates to “family”. Seven raccoons of every size are crammed onto one small sofa, tails tangled, the smallest squeezed out at the end and clinging on by its claws, all delighted.

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

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German nouns A1–B1 — PDF

dieFamilie, -n

family

/faˈmiːli̯ə/

Examples — Familie in a sentence

Meine Familie ist klein.

My family is small.

Wir essen mit der Familie.

We eat with the family.

How to remember it

FA-MIE-LIE sounds like 'FAMOUS ME LEE'. Imagine a FAMILY, all famous, named 'Me Lee'.

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