gezin

From Middle Dutch ghesinde, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþiją, hence related to zenden (“to send”). Compare German Gesinde (“household”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈzɪn/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧zin
• Rhymes: -ɪn

gezin n (plural gezinnen, diminutive gezinnetje n)

1. immediate family or nuclear family

   Hypernym: familie (“extended family”)

   Men zegt vaak dat het gezin de hoeksteen van de samenleving is.

   It is often said that the nuclear family is the cornerstone of society.

2. (obsolete) entourage, retinue

• Gezin in practice today virtually always refers to the nuclear family, although the specific term for nuclear family in Dutch is kerngezin.

• Afrikaans: gesin
• → West Frisian: gesin

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gezin”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• zinge

gezin

1. second-person plural imperative of gezmek

gezin

1. second-person singular possessive singular of gezi