Feminine
👩‍👧

Schwester

Sentences
An user
Ihre   ältere   Schwester
👩‍👧
   starb   bei   einem   Unfall .

Her older sister died in an accident.

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An user
Seine   Schwester
👩‍👧
   Maria   Fein   war   mit   ihrer   Tochter   Maria   ebenfalls   in   die   Schweiz
Schweiz
   geflüchtet .

His sister Maria Fein had also fled to Switzerland with her daughter Maria.

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An user
Sie   und   ihre   jüngere   Schwester
👩‍👧
   Charlotte   wuchsen   bei   der   Mutter
👩‍🍼
   auf .

She and her younger sister Charlotte grew up with their mother.

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An user
Alyattes  heiratete   ebenfalls   seine   Schwester
👩‍👧
 .

Alyattes also married his sister.

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An user
Ihre   Schwester
👩‍👧
   Caroline  Lufkin  ist   ebenfalls   eine   Sängerin .

Her sister Caroline Lufkin is also a singer.

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) sister
  2. (colloquial, feminine) nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
  3. (feminine) nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
  4. (feminine) sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address

Concepts

sister
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nurse
sisters
brother
👨‍👦
sis
nun
sibling
quadruplets
system
triplets
twins

effeminate man

male homosexual

sibs

male transvestite

one’s elder sister

one’s younger sister

siblings

female nurse

נ

sistergirl
sister
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sister
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brothers
comrade
extended family
family
👪
fellow
kinship
Synonyms

Krankenschwester
B2
Bruder
A1
👨‍👦
Geschwister
C1
Krankenpflegerin
Schwesterherz
C2
👩‍👧

Diakonissin

Pfleger
C2

Klosterschwester

Diakonisse

Krankenpfleger
27k
Nonne
C1
Ordensschwester
leibliche
21k
Zwilling
C2
Fummeltrine
Großfamilie

jüngerer Bruder

sister

Afro-Amerikanerin

älterer Bruder

Schweſter

Drilling
Familie
A1
👪
Familienangehörige
40k
Gefährte
26k
Genosse
C1

Klosterfrau

Pflegeperson

Pflegerin
20k
Tunte
C2
👸
Verwandte
C1
Verwandtschaft
C2
Vierling
Translations

sorella
👩‍👧
hermana
👩‍👧
zuster
👩‍👧
sœur
👩‍👧
irmã
👩‍👧
germana
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zus
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soror
👩‍👧

αδελφή

soeur
أخت
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enfermeira
infirmière
abla
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schweschter

Zürich

Zürich

schwöster

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃvɛstɐ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
swëster
Inherited from Old High German
swester
Cognate with Low German
swester
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
zuster
Cognate with English
English
sister
Cognate with Danish
søster
Cognate with Swedish
syster
In summary

From Middle High German swëster, from Old High German swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr. Compare Low German swester, Dutch zuster, English sister, Danish søster, Swedish syster.

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