Verwandte — meaning in English

English meaning

• cognate adj Connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
• kin noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
• relative adjective Considered in comparison with something else, rather than in absolute terms.

Senses

Verwandte is used for these senses in English:

• cognate (linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
• kin One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
• kinfolk (US) Relatives, relations.
• kinswoman A female relative.
• relative Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

cognate — full definition

1. adj Connected by blood or birth; in law, specifically related through the mother's side.
2. adj Sharing a common nature or origin with something else.
3. adj (linguistics) Coming from the same original word in an earlier language.

kin — full definition

1. noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
2. adj Related by blood or marriage.

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