Krankenschwester

German

Etymology

Kranker (“ill”) +‎ Schwester (“sister”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʁaŋkənˌʃvɛstɐ/
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Rhymes: -ɛstɐ
Hyphenation: Kran‧ken‧schwes‧ter; pre-1996: Kran‧ken‧schwe‧ster

Noun

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nurse (female)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Coordinate terms

Krankenpfleger (of unspecified sex or male)
Krankenpflegerin (female)

Descendants

→ Lower Sorbian: chórobna sotša (calque)

Further reading

“Krankenschwester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Krankenschwester” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Krankenschwester” in Duden online

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