clan

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
3. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
4. A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
5. A badger colony.

Konzepte

Clan

Sippe

Klan

Familie

Geschlecht

Stamm

Aşiret

Bande

Gleichgesinnter

Mitverschworer

ganze Familie

Gesindel

Haufen

Kerl

Pöbel

Clique

Fraktion

Partei

hochrangige Familie

Nepotismus

Vetternwirtschaft

Sippschaftsverband

Dorf

Dorfgemeinschaft

Gemeinde

Verwandtschaft

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/klæn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.