Verwandtschaft — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affinity noun A natural liking, attraction, or sense of connection toward someone or something.
- kin noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
- kinship noun The connection between people through blood, marriage, or adoption.
- relation noun The way in which two or more things are connected or associated with each other.
- relationship noun The way two or more people or things are connected, or the connection itself.
Senses
Verwandtschaft is used for these senses in English:
- affinity A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
- extended family A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.
- kin One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
- kinfolk (US) Relatives, relations.
- kinship Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
- kinship Relation or connection by nature or character.
- relation A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- relationship Connection or association; the condition of being related.
affinity — full definition
- noun A natural liking, attraction, or sense of connection toward someone or something.
- noun A close resemblance or relationship between two things, suggesting a shared origin or type.
kin — full definition
- noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
- adj Related by blood or marriage.