3 нояб. 2017 г. · What is the formal word for Grandmother and Grandfather? I know Oma is the informal word for Grandmother.

2 июл. 2021 г. · Both Oma&Opa and Omi&Opi are used. Sometimes kids use both to distinguish which they are talking about. For example my nephew calls my parents ...

5 окт. 2021 г. · My cousins are half German and half English, and everyone calls their grandparents (including me) Omi and Opi rather than Oma and Opa.

1 дек. 2023 г. · I've been looking online and it just says “Oma” for grandma, but my friends grandma lives in Germany and they call her “Memgoes” not sure if ...

24 авг. 2022 г. · The meaning is the same though Großmutter is rather used to say "she is his grandmother." You can also call your granny "großmutter" but this sounds a bit ...

20 окт. 2016 г. · "Urgroßmutter/Urgroßvater" was the more formal and "Uroma/Uropa" the more colloquial/informal. Are there other colloquial or common terms used that would be ...

22 янв. 2018 г. · So if you want to say great-grandma, you say Uroma. great-grandpa -> Uropa. great-grandson -> Urenkel. great-great-nephew -> Urgroßenkel.

7 мар. 2023 г. · On the other hand, die Oma in standard German is only "the grandma" and not "[my own] grandma", but in colloquial German, people also use the ...

19 нояб. 2019 г. · My wife's family has German heritage and uses 'ota' as the word for grandfather rather than 'opa'. No one in the family speaks German anymore (now English)

6 мар. 2022 г. · Oma and Opa mean grandma and grandpa. The words for grandparents are from the old country because that's what they taught us to call them.