Polyglot Dictionary

Schwester

/ˈʃvɛstɐ/

die noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schwestern

Meaning

  1. sister

    • Meine Schwester ist jünger als ich.

      My sister is younger than me.

  2. nurse

    somewhat dated, still common in hospitals

    • Die Schwester kommt gleich.

      The nurse will be here shortly.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

sœur

sœur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "sister."

Portuguese

irmã

irmã is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sister."

Practice

1 What does Schwester mean?

2 Fill the gap: Meine ___ ist jünger als ich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schwester?

See also

nouncore-vocabularyfamily

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