zuster

Significado (Inglés)

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)

Sinónimos

zus

👩‍👧

kloosterzuster

👩‍👧

non

verpleegster

broer

👨‍👦

ziekenzuster

ziekenverpleegster

broeder or zus

liefdezuster

Traducións

Schwester

👩‍👧

sister

👩‍👧

hermana

👩‍👧

sœur

👩‍👧

sorella

👩‍👧

irmã

👩‍👧

αδελφή

germana

👩‍👧

soror

👩‍👧

أخت

👩‍👧

sibling

suora

nonne

Krankenschwester

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈzʏstər/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle Dutch: suster

Herdado de 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.