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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Großvater”, which translates to “grandfather”. A grandfather with a white walrus moustache pulls a coin from behind his grandson's ear, winking in sly glee; the boy gasps, eyes huge, mouth a round O of wonder.

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

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derGroßvater, ¨

grandfather

/ˈɡʁoːsˌfaːtɐ/

Examples — Großvater in a sentence

Mein Großvater erzählt Geschichten.

My grandfather tells stories.

Ich besuche meinen Großvater oft.

I often visit my grandfather.

How to remember it

GROSS-VATER sounds like 'GROSS-fah-ter'. Your grandfather is 'grossly' (very) much your 'father' (Vater)'s father.

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