Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #1500
Word (Wort)

Cousine

Translation (Übersetzung) female cousin
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /[kuˈziːnə]/
A1
Nouns
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
A1-vocabulary family people relationships
Cousine refers specifically to a female cousin. The male counterpart is 'Cousin'. Both words are borrowed from French and are commonly used in German. Unlike many German nouns, Cousine does not have a plural form that changes the stem; the plural is 'Cousinen'. It is a feminine noun (die Cousine).

Cousine - German Nouns - Cousine Meaning - Cousine Translation - Cousine Nouns Examples

Cousine is a German Nouns

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Cousine Examples (Beispiele) in English

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Meine Cousine kommt aus Berlin.
My cousin comes from Berlin.
Introducing family members.
Ich treffe mich morgen mit meiner Cousine.
I am meeting my cousin tomorrow.
Making plans with family.
Sie ist die Cousine meines Vaters.
She is my father's cousin.
Describing family relationships.
Hast du Cousinen?
Do you have (female) cousins?
Asking about family.
Wir sind Cousinen.
We are cousins (female).
Stating a familial relationship.

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Cousine Word Family (Wortfamilie)

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Male Counterpart (Männliches Gegenstück)
Cousin
Meaning: male cousin
Example: Mein Cousin und meine Cousine sind Geschwister.
Noun
Plural Form (Pluralform)
Cousinen
Meaning: female cousins
Example: Alle meine Cousinen wohnen in Deutschland.
Noun

Cousine Usage - Cousine Collocations - Cousine Idioms - Cousine Synonyms - Cousine Antonyms

Cousine Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

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Cousine Collocations (Kollokationen)

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meine Cousine
my cousin
High frequency
Cousine zweiten Grades
second cousin
Medium frequency
Cousine besuchen
to visit (one's) cousin
High frequency
Cousine väterlicherseits
cousin on the father's side
Low frequency
Cousine mütterlicherseits
cousin on the mother's side
Low frequency
entfernte Cousine
distant cousin
Medium frequency
Cousine und Cousin
female cousin and male cousin
High frequency

Cousine Idioms (Redewendungen)

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Das ist doch meine Cousine!
That's my cousin!
Used to express surprise or recognition when unexpectedly seeing a cousin.
Wie Cousine und Cousin
Like cousins
Describes a close, familial-like relationship between two people who are not actually cousins.

Cousine Synonyms (Synonyme)

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Base
Meaning: female cousin (archaic/regional)
High similarity
Verwandte
Meaning: female relative
Medium similarity
Familienmitglied
Meaning: family member
Low similarity

Cousine Antonyms (Antonyme)

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Cousin
Meaning: male cousin
Fremde
Meaning: stranger (female)

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Cousine Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

Cousine semantically related words - words that are conceptually or thematically related to Cousine. Explore Cousine related vocabulary and discover words in the same semantic field. Learn Cousine contextually related words to expand your German vocabulary.

Familie Verwandtschaft Tante Onkel Geschwister Eltern Großeltern Enkelin

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