zuster

Senso

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)

Con trattino come

zus‧ter

Genere

♀️ Femminile

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈzʏstər/

Etimologia

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.