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die Eltern (pl.)
   parents

ICE fuhr los – Kinder von Eltern getrennt
ICE [train] left the station – children separated from parents
Meine Eltern? Mein Vater ist Ingenieur, meine Mutter ist Lehrerin.
My parents? My father is an engineer; my mother is a teacher.
Die Besetzung ist nicht von schlechten Eltern.
The cast is quite something. (...very good, not at all bad)

Related:
der Elternteil parent
elternlos orphaned, without parents
der Vater father
die Mutter mother
Vati / Papa Dad / Daddy / Pop
Mutti / Mama Mom / Mommy / Mum

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