"Familie" meaning in German

See Familie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /faˈmiːli̯ə/ Audio: De-Familie.OGG , De-Familie2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin familia. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la:familia}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "familia", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Familie", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Familie">, {{bor+|de|la|familia}} Borrowed from Latin familia Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Familie f (genitive Familie, plural Familien) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Familie [genitive], Familien [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Familie [nominative, singular], Familien [definite, nominative, plural], Familie [genitive, singular], Familien [definite, genitive, plural], Familie [dative, singular], Familien [dative, definite, plural], Familie [accusative, singular], Familien [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. family Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Familie-de-noun-00pWmreq
  2. (taxonomy) family Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Familie-de-noun-00pWmreq1 Categories (other): Taxonomy, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Taxonomy Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 16 84 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Taxonomy: 2 98 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: familiär, Famulus, Gattung — Ordnung [taxonomy, biology, natural-sciences]
Derived forms: Familienanschluß, Familienbetrieb, Familienfeier, familienfreundlich, familiengerecht, Familiengericht, Familienkreis, Familienname, Familienstand, Familientreffen, Familienurlaub, Familienvater, Großfamilie, Kernfamilie, Kleinfamilie, Tierfamilie Derived forms (taxonomic families): Bienenfamilie, Hautflüglerfamilie, Pflanzenfamilie, Rüsselkäferfamilie, Schmetterlingsfamilie, Tierfamilie Disambiguation of 'taxonomic families': 46 54

Inflected forms

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