noun
female cousin
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Cousine: feminine noun meaning female cousin. Article: die; plural Cousinen. Common translation: 'female cousin'. Borrowed from French; plural formed with -nen like many feminine kinship nouns. Declension follows regular feminine pattern (die Cousine, die Cousinen). No irregular forms. Used widely in German-speaking countries.
Examples
Meine Cousine und ich sind gleich alt.
My cousin and I are the same age.
Die Cousine meiner Freundin lebt in Berlin.
My friend's cousin (female) lives in Berlin.
Er fuhr mit seiner Cousine nach Berlin, weil sie dort studieren wollte.
He traveled to Berlin with his cousin because she wanted to study there.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a woman in a family photo labeled 'Cousine'.
Like 'cousin' with an -e at the end to mark feminine in German.
Feminine 'die' — picture her holding a sign that says 'die'.
Notes
Cousine is the feminine form; a variant spelling is Kusine. In English 'cousin' is usually used for both genders.