German word: der Stiefvater — stepfather

Vocabulary from A1 “Family” with example sentence and chapter exercises.

Open chapter: Familie

Translation

“der Stiefvater” means “stepfather”.

Example

Mein Stiefvater ist nett.

Learner note

Masculine. *Stief-* + *Vater*. The *Stief-* prefix is related to English *step-* and old Germanic 'bereaved'.