Learn Dutch vocabulary: The Family
| Dutch | English | Dutch | English |
| Het gezin | Family | Het familielid (pl. -leden) | Relative |
| Verwant (met) | Related (to) | Getrouwd (met) | Married (to) |
| De vader | Father | De moeder | Mother |
| De zoon | Son | De dochter | Daughter |
| De man | Man; husband | De vrouw | Woman; wife |
| De zuster | Sister | De broer | Brother |
| Het zusje | Younger (little) sister | Het broertje | Younger (little) brother |
| De schoonouders | Parents-in-law | De schoonvader | Father-in-law |
| De schoonmoeder | Mother-in-law | De schoonzoon | Son-in-law |
| De schoondochter | Daughter-in-law | De schoonzus | Sister-in-law |
| De zwager | Brother-in-law | De oom | Uncle |
| De tante | Aunt | De neef | Nephew, cousin (masc.) |
| De nicht | Niece, cousin (fem.) | De achterneef, -nicht | Second cousin |
| Het kleinkind | Grandchild | De kleinzoon, -dochter | Grandson, -daughter |
| Het achterkleinkind | Great grandchild | De grootouders | Grandparents |
| De grootvader (opa) | Grandfather (grandpa) | De grootmoeder (oma) | Grandmother (grandma) |
| De (bet)overgrootouders | (great)great grandparents | De peter | Godfather |
| De meter | Godmother | Het petekind | Godchild |
| De pleegouders | Foster parents | De stiefouders | Stepparents |
| Het stiefkind | Stepchild | De wees, het weeskind | Orphan |
| Het weeshuis | Orphanage | Het bejaardentehuis | Retirementhome, home to the elderly |
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