It's my kids' grandmother, actually. We call her "Oma" to differentiate her from "Grandma" in the States. Which gets confusing when we're over there because my sister does it the other way around.
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In the UK, we often use βNanβ as a familiar name for grandmother.
I have very fond memories of my maternal nan. Sadly she died when I was 8 (a long time ago)
Oma and Opa are the german and dutch words for grandmother and grandfather, my father's parents were always known to me as Oma and Opa, almost never used their names Beatrix and Johannes... their siblings, i don't remember the word for uncle but for great aunty, "Tanta" or something like this
i remember at the age of 4 years old when we would visit them (for a time we lived in an adjacent property) there would always be kisses for both Oma and Opa at greeting, one on each cheek
Yeah, German would be Tante.
And Onkel.
ah yes... i think the thing was my opa's brother lived in the netherlands
ah yes, the dutch say "oom" like "oom piet" uncle peter, the oo being pronounced like the o in home