Do you know what is family in Finnish?
This time we learn some family related words. For example what are family members mother, father, daughter and son in Finnish?
Family in Finnish
- family = perhe (mother+father+children)
- mother = äiti
- father = isä
- parents = vanhemmat
- children = lapset
- baby = vauva
- child = lapsi
- son = poika
- daughter = tytär
- brother = veli
- sister = sisko
- stepmother = äitipuoli
- stepfather = isäpuoli
- stepsister = siskopuoli
- stepbrother = velipuoli
Grandparents in Finnish
- grandparents = isovanhemmat
- grandmother = isoäiti
- grandma = mummi, mummo, mumma, mamma…
- grandfather = isoisä
- grandpa = ukki, vaari, pappa, taata…
- grandchild = lapsenlapsi
- grandchildren = lapsenlapset
Relatives in Finnish
- relatives = sukulaiset
- family = suku (including grandparents, cousins, etc)
- aunt = täti
- uncle = eno (mother’s brother)
- uncle = setä (father’s brother)
- cousin = serkku
- niece = veljentytär (brother’s daughter), siskontyttö (sister’s daughter)
- nephew = veljenpoika (brother’s son), siskonpoika (sister’s son)
- father-in-law = appi, appiukko
- mother-in-law = anoppi
- brother-in-law = lanko, lankomies
- sister-in-law = käly