Kernfamilie

German

Etymology

Kern (“nucleus, core”) +‎ Familie (“family”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛʁnfaˌmiːli̯ə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Kernfamilie f (genitive Kernfamilie, plural Kernfamilien)

1. nuclear family (a family unit consisting of at most a father, mother and dependent children)

Declension

Declension of Kernfamilie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kernfamilie	die	Kernfamilien
genitive	einer	der	Kernfamilie	der	Kernfamilien
dative	einer	der	Kernfamilie	den	Kernfamilien
accusative	eine	die	Kernfamilie	die	Kernfamilien

Further reading

• “Kernfamilie” in Duden online