verwandt

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈvant/, /fɐ-/
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  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: ver‧wandt

Participle

verwandt

  1. past participle of verwenden (to use, to utilize)

Adjective

verwandt (strong nominative masculine singular verwandter, comparative verwandter, superlative am verwandtesten)

  1. related (connected by blood, adoption, or marriage)
    Hyponyms: anverwandt, blutsverwandt, stammverwandt, wurzelverwandt
  2. related (standing in relation or connection)
    Hyponyms: geistesverwandt, seelenverwandt

Usage notes

  • In a narrower sense verwandt includes relatives by blood and adoption, their spouses and one’s own spouse—but not other “in-laws”. The latter are then specified with the adjective verschwägert (related by marriage).
  • An even narrower sense is blutsverwandt (related by blood).

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • verwandt” in Duden online
  • verwandt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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