Familienstatus
German edit
Etymology edit
Familie (“family”) + Status (“state, status”). Possibly, it is a calque of English family status (“position within the family”). The sense “marital status” would then have developed by interpreting the word as synonymous with Familienstand (“marital status”, literally “family state”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Familienstatus m (strong, genitive Familienstatus, plural Familienstatus or Familienstatusse)
- (sociology) family status (one’s position within the family, e.g. adult child living outside of the parental home, etc.)
- (sociology) marital status (the fact of one’s being unmarried, married, divorced, or widowed); outside of official use sometimes including information about children, unmarried life partners, etc.
- Synonym: (more common) Familienstand
Declension edit
Declension of Familienstatus [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Familienstatus | die | Familienstatus, Familienstatusse |
| genitive | eines | des | Familienstatus | der | Familienstatus, Familienstatusse |
| dative | einem | dem | Familienstatus | den | Familienstatus, Familienstatussen |
| accusative | einen | den | Familienstatus | die | Familienstatus, Familienstatusse |