familiär
German, adjective/ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯/
familiär is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-Ä-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Familiär is a German adjective meaning “familial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Familie bezogen”.
What does familiär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
familial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf die Familie bezogen 2. auf Freundschaft fußend; ohne Zwang 3. (allzu) intim, eng verbunden 4. auf Worte oder Wendungen bezogen, die nur in einem von besonderer Vertrautheit gekennzeichneten Umfeld – also im engen Freundeskreis oder innerhalb der Familie – verwendet werden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of familiär
- familiärer masculine nominative singular
- am familiärsten superlative
- familiäre feminine nominative singular
- familiäres neuter nominative singular
- familiären genitive masculine singular
- familiärem dative masculine singular
- der familiäre definite includes-article masculine
- die familiäre definite feminine includes-article
- das familiäre definite includes-article neuter
- die familiären definite includes-article nominative
- des familiären definite genitive includes-article
- der familiären definite feminine genitive
- dem familiären dative definite includes-article
- fam. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce familiär?
- /ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯/
- /ˌfamiˈli̯eːɐ̯/
- [ˌfamiˈli̯ɛːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to familiär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is familiär in German?
familiär appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).