zuster

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (dated, feminine, formal) sister (female sibling)
2. (feminine) sister (fictive female kin member)
3. (feminine) sister (nun)
4. (feminine) nurse (woman who provides care for the ill)

Sinonieme

zus

👩‍👧

kloosterzuster

👩‍👧

non

verpleegster

broer

👨‍👦

ziekenzuster

ziekenverpleegster

broeder or zus

liefdezuster

Vertalings

Schwester

👩‍👧

sister

👩‍👧

hermana

👩‍👧

sœur

👩‍👧

sorella

👩‍👧

irmã

👩‍👧

αδελφή

germana

👩‍👧

soror

👩‍👧

أخت

👩‍👧

sibling

suora

nonne

Krankenschwester

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈzʏstər/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: suster

Geërf van Old Dutch: swester

In summary

From Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. The sense “nurse” from the fact that (before the Reformation and in Catholic areas until recently) the majority of nurses were nuns; already in Middle Dutch generalized to lay nurses.