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How to Say ‘I have two sisters.’ in German

Ich habe zwei Schwestern.

ikh HAH-beh tsvy SHVES-tern

[ikh HAH-beh tsvy SHVES-tern]

💬 Usage Tip: Plural of Schwester just adds -n: Schwestern. Swap in zwei Brüder "two brothers", where the vowel also changes.

Phrase Breakdown

Ich habe

ikh HAH-beh

I have

Say 'habe' as 'HAH-be', with a soft 'e' at the end.

Example

Ich habe einen Hund.

I have a dog.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

habe

[HAH-beh]

have

Form of 'haben' used with 'ich'.

Example

Ich habe einen Plan.

I have a plan.

zwei Schwestern.

tsvy SHVES-tern

two sisters.

'zw' sounds like 'tsv', so 'zwei' is 'tsvy'. 'Schwestern' starts with 'shv'.

Example

Meine zwei Schwestern sind jünger.

My two sisters are younger.

Words in this phrase

zwei

[tsvy]

two

The number 2.

Example

Wir sind zwei Personen.

We are two people.

Schwestern

[SHVES-tern]

sisters

Plural of 'die Schwester'.

Example

Meine Schwestern sind nett.

My sisters are nice.

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