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How to Say ‘Where do your parents live?’ in German

Wo wohnen deine Eltern?

voh VOH-nen DYE-nuh EL-tern

[voh VOH-nen DYE-nuh EL-tern]

💬 Usage Tip: wohnen is "live" in the sense of where your home is; leben means "to be alive" or "live a life". Ask where someone lives with wohnen.

Phrase Breakdown

Wo wohnen

voh VOH-nen

Where do ... live

'Wo' means 'where' and sounds like 'voh'. 'Wohnen' sounds like 'VOH-nen'.

Example

Wo wohnen Sie?

Where do you live?

Words in this phrase

[voh]

where

question word asking for a location

Example

Wo beginnt die Frage Wo haben Sie Schmerzen?

Wo begins the question Where do you have pain?

wohnen

[VOH-nen]

live

A verb meaning to live or reside somewhere.

Example

Wohnen Sie hier im Haus?

Do you live here in the building?

deine Eltern?

DYE-nuh EL-tern

your parents?

'Eltern' means 'parents' and is always plural. Stress 'EL'.

Example

Meine Eltern wohnen in Hamburg.

My parents live in Hamburg.

Words in this phrase

deine

[DYE-nuh]

your

Possessive word used with feminine nouns in informal speech.

Example

Deine Mutter hat im Juni Geburtstag.

Your mother has her birthday in June.

Eltern

[EL-tern]

parents

Plural-only noun for mother and father together.

Example

Meine Eltern wohnen in Köln.

My parents live in Cologne.

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