Gastfamilie
German, noun/ˈɡastfamiːli̯ə/
Gastfamilie is spelled G-A-S-T-F-A-M-I-L-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gastfamilie is a German feminine noun meaning “host family” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “„Familie, die einen meist ortsfremden Menschen (zum Beispiel Austauschschüler oder Au-pair) freiwillig für…”.
What does Gastfamilie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehost family
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. „Familie, die einen meist ortsfremden Menschen (zum Beispiel Austauschschüler oder Au-pair) freiwillig für einen bestimmten Zeitraum im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung aufnimmt“
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 Gastfamilie
- Gastfamilien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gastfamilie?
- /ˈɡastfamiːli̯ə/
- [ɡastfaˌmiːli̯ə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gastfamilie in German?
Gastfamilie appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).