Schwester
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃvɛstɐ/
noun
Definitions
- sister
- (chiefly) nurse;
- nurse;
- (Christianity) sister; nun;
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German swester inherited from Proto-Germanic *swestēr (sister) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swésōr
Gloss
sister
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- co-sister English
- foresister English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister English
- sister-in-law English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- stepsister English
- supersister English
- unsister English
- systeri Finnish
- soror Latin
- -s- German
- Glaube German
- Glaubensschwester German
- Gruppe German
- Herz German
- Kind German
- Kinderschwester German
- Krankenschwester German
- Milch German
- Milchschwester German
- Modell German
- Mutter German
- Mutterschwester German
- Orden German
- Ordensschwester German
- Schwesterchen German
- Schwestergruppe German
- Schwesterherz German
- Schwestermodell German
- Schwestersprache German
- Sprache German
- Stiefschwester German
- Vater German
- Vaterschwester German
- Vatersschwester German
- Zwilling German
- Zwillingsschwester German
- krank German
- schwesterlich German
- bloedzuster Dutch, Flemish
- kloosterzuster Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzuster Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzuster Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzuster Dutch, Flemish
- zuster Dutch, Flemish
- zusterliefde Dutch, Flemish
- zustermoord Dutch, Flemish
- zusterpartij Dutch, Flemish
- zusterschap Dutch, Flemish
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- bonussyster Swedish
- halvsyster Swedish
- medsyster Swedish
- plastsyster Swedish
- sjuksyster Swedish
- styvsyster Swedish
- syster Swedish
- systerdotter Swedish
- systerskap Swedish
- systerson Swedish
- systerspråk Swedish
- シスター Japanese
- sweostor Old English
- swustor Old English
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sister Middle English
- sistren Middle English
- systir Old Norse
- faster Danish
- halvsøster Danish
- moster Danish
- søster Danish
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- suster Indonesian
- suster Middle Dutch
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- suster Afrikaans
- swëster Middle High German
- Schwëster Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- שוועסטער Yiddish
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- 絲打 Chinese
- süster Middle Low German
- sbeistar Cimbrian
- sbestar Cimbrian
- sbéstar Cimbrian
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swestar Old Saxon
- Schwöschter Alemannic German
- schweschter Alemannic German
- systir Old Swedish
- 시스터 Korean
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- swester Old Frisian
- sista Tok Pisin
- susa Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- schbester Mòcheno
- Schweschder Pennsylvania German
- Schwester Central Franconian
- systær Old Danish
- syster Vilamovian
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- szwestra Silesian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin
- хор Yagnobi
- -s-
- Herz
- Kind
- Milch
- Vater
- Orden
- krank
- Mutter
- Gruppe
- Glaube
- Modell
- Sprache
- Zwilling
- Schwesterchen
- Schwesterherz
- schwesterlich
- Vaterschwester
- Milchschwester
- Stiefschwester
- Mutterschwester
- Kinderschwester
- Vatersschwester
- Schwestermodell
- Ordensschwester
- Schwestergruppe
- Schwestersprache
- Krankenschwester
- Glaubensschwester
- Zwillingsschwester