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Illustration of the A1 German word “die Großeltern”, which translates to “grandparents”. Grandma in a flowered apron pedals hard at the front of a tandem bike racing downhill, whooping with glee; grandpa behind her clutches his flat cap, eyes squeezed shut in terror.

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

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dieGroßeltern, plural only

grandparents

/ˈɡʁoːsˌʔɛltɐn/

Examples — Großeltern in a sentence

Meine Großeltern wohnen hier.

My grandparents live here.

Wir besuchen oft die Großeltern.

We often visit the grandparents.

How to remember it

GROSS-ELTERN sounds like 'GROWS EL TEN'. Imagine your GRANDPARENTS watching 'EL' and 'TEN' grow up, being very GROSS wit

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