Schwester
Central Franconian edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German swëster, from Old High German swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
The native form, at least in western dialects, is Söster with swe- → sü- (compare Dutch zuster). The modern form is based on German Schwester.
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Noun edit
Schwester f (plural Schwestere, diminutive Schwesterche)
German edit
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Etymology edit
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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Noun edit
Schwester f (genitive Schwester, plural Schwestern, diminutive Schwesterchen n or Schwesterlein n)
- sister
- Meine Schwester kommt morgen.
- My sister is coming tomorrow.
- (chiefly colloquial, short for Krankenschwester) nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
- nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
- (Christianity) sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Schwester | die | Schwestern |
genitive | einer | der | Schwester | der | Schwestern |
dative | einer | der | Schwester | den | Schwestern |
accusative | eine | die | Schwester | die | Schwestern |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Silesian: šwestera
Further reading edit
- “Schwester” in Duden online
- “Schwester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schwester” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schwester”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Limburgish edit
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Etymology edit
PIE word |
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*swésōr |
Borrowed from German Schwester. Doublet of Söster, which is the native equivalent.
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Noun edit
Schwester n (plural Schwesters or Schwestersch, diminutive Schwesterke) (German-based spelling)