adult [ˈædʌlt]    ■    Erwachsene(r)

Once you are eighteen you are legally an adult.

age    ■    Alter

What’s your age? – I’m sixteen.

baby    ■    Baby, Säugling; Schatz, Liebling

Little babies sleep a lot.

Ooh, I love you, baby, I love you night and day.

to be born (was, been)    ■    geboren sein, geboren werden

Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

birth    ■    Geburt

After his birth, John’s parents moved into a new house.

birthday    ■    Geburtstag

My mother’s birthday is 12 May 1980.

boy    ■    Junge

“I’ve loved football ever since I was a little boy”, Lionel Messi said.

female    ■    weiblich; Frau

He looks very female although he is not a female.

first name    ■    Vorname

Shakespeare’s first name was William.

gentleman (Pl.: -men)    ■    Herr, Gentleman

Would the gentlemen please make room for the ladies?

girl    ■    Mädchen

Two of Liz’s children are girls.

kid    ■    Kind

When I was a kid I liked to play in our garden.

lady    ■    Dame; (adlige) Lady

A real lady never talks about shocking things.

May I introduce Lord and Lady Wilberforce?

last name    ■    Nachname, Familienname

I know “Mary” is your first name. But what is your last name?

lord    ■    Lord (englischer Adelstitel)

The lord opened his castle to the public.

►the Lord    ■    Gott

male    ■    männlich; Mann

In mathematics the number of male students is often bigger than that of female students.

In Britain, “Evelyn” can be the name of a male.

man [mæn] (Pl.: men [men])    ■    Mann

The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a man, not a woman.

name    ■    Name

Lady Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.

old    ■    alt

How old are you? – I’m sixteen.

person    ■    Person, Mensch

This room may be used for a maximum of thirty persons.

race    ■    Rasse

The relationship between the various races in this country has always been difficult.

sex    ■    Geschlecht

The sex of our baby? – It’s male.

single    ■    ledig

Are you single or married?

teenager    ■    Teenager

Young people between 13 and 19 are called teenagers.

title    ■    Titel

What’s the title of the book you are reading?

In Britain academic titles are added after the name, as in Arthur Dundas, PhD.

widow    ■    Witwe

My mother became a widow at the age of 54.

widower    ■    Witwer

He did not remain a widower long but married again.

woman [ˈwʊmən] (Pl.: women [ˈwɪmɪn])    ■    Frau

According to the bible Eve was the first woman on earth.

young    ■    jung

He is already a young man, not a boy any longer.

youth    ■    Jugendliche(r); Jugend

He was a youth of eighteen years.

In her youth she was an excellent sprinter.

aged    ■    im Alter von

My daughter has two children aged 7 and 5.

alike    ■    ähnlich, gleich

Twins are alike only if they are identical twins.

duchess    ■    Herzogin

A woman who is a duchess holds the same rank as a man who is a duke.

duke    ■    Herzog

The Duke of Edinburgh is Queen Elizabeth’s husband.

earl    ■    Graf

In the UK, an earl holds a rank below that of a queen or king, duke and marquess.

ethnic    ■    ethnisch, Volks…

Many people of different ethnic origins live in our country.

gender    ■    Geschlecht

Which gender is the baby, please?

human    ■    Mensch

According to research all modern humans descended from the same small group of...