German words · A1 · noun

die Eltern

(pl) parents

Genderdie Eltern
Pluraldie Eltern
LevelCEFR A1

Eltern in a sentence

  • Meine Eltern wohnen in Berlin.

    My parents live in Berlin.

How to remember it

Always plural — there is no singular form.

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