du bist adoptiert
The English phrase "you're adopted" is translated into German as du bist adoptiert.
This phrase is used to make a statement telling someone that they were legally taken into a family as a child.
How does it change in a sentence?
If you are addressing more than one person informally, use ihr seid adoptiert. To express the completed action of being adopted in the perfect tense, you might say du bist adoptiert worden. There are also informal ways to say "You were adopted", such as Man hat dich adoptiert. or Du wurdest adoptiert.
Did you know?
- In some historical German contexts, the term Zögling was used for children taken in by institutions, which differs from the legal meaning of adoptiert.
- The word bist is a cognate of the dialectal English 'bist' and 'beest'.
Examples in context
- Du bist adoptiert.You're adopted.This sentence is useful for practicing the phrase du bist adoptiert.Tatoeba #3275768 by raggione, translation #6042743 by mailohilohi
- Du bist adoptiert, das weißt du doch.You're adopted, you know that.
Example conversation
Two siblings are talking privately in the living room.
- MaximilianLaura, du bist adoptiert.Laura, you're adopted.
- LauraWas sagst du da, Maximilian?What are you saying, Maximilian?
- MaximilianEs ist wahr, du bist adoptiert.It is true, you're adopted.
- LauraDas ist eine schockierende Nachricht.That is shocking news.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries bist, du, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
