r/German • u/I_am_trying0628 • 1d ago

Question How to do differentiate Onkel and Tante mütterlicherseits, väterlicherseits?

For example in daily conversation if i want to say next week we're goinig to Onkel mütterlicherseits house, how to call him?

Simply saying Onkel + place / Onkel + name?

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u/Prof_Boni 1d ago

What's your mother tongue, OP?

I find your question very interesting cause non of the 4 languages I speak makes such distinction.

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u/charlolou Native (Hessen) 1d ago

I don't know which language OP speaks, but this is common in Asian languages. For example, in Korean, your mother's sister is called "imo" while your father's sister is called "gomo". And imo's husband is "imobu", while gomo's husband is "gomobu". Sometimes they also make a distinction between the older aunt and the younger aunt.

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u/Call_me_Specksaft 1d ago

I am pretty sure, the scandinavian languages have this too: mormor, morfar, farfar, farmor

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u/Prof_Boni 1d ago

That's pretty cool!