Feminine
zuster
- (dated, feminine, formal) sister (female sibling)
- (feminine) sister (fictive female kin member)
- (feminine) sister (nun)
- (feminine) nurse (woman who provides care for the ill)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzʏstər/
Etymology
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.
Related words
female sibling
older sibling
female nurse
נ
younger sibling
ziekenverpleegster
broeder or zus
liefdezuster
Schwester
hermana
sœur
sorella
irmã
αδελφή
germana
soror
أخت
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