Krankenschwester
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Kranker (“ill”) + Schwester (“sister”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkʁaŋkənˌʃvɛstɐ/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛstɐ
- Hyphenation: Kran‧ken‧schwes‧ter; pre-1996: Kran‧ken‧schwe‧ster
Noun
[edit]Krankenschwester f (genitive Krankenschwester, plural Krankenschwestern)
- nurse (female)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Krankenschwester [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Krankenschwester | die | Krankenschwestern |
| genitive | einer | der | Krankenschwester | der | Krankenschwestern |
| dative | einer | der | Krankenschwester | den | Krankenschwestern |
| accusative | eine | die | Krankenschwester | die | Krankenschwestern |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- Krankenpfleger, Pfleger (of unspecified sex or male)
- Krankenpflegerin, Pflegerin (female)
- Schwester (term of address for female nurse)
Descendants
[edit]- → Lower Sorbian: chórobna sotša (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “Krankenschwester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Krankenschwester” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Krankenschwester” in Duden online