halvsyster

Swedish

Etymology

From halv- +‎ syster.

Noun

halvsyster c

1. a half sister

   [Christina Reginas] far hette Elias Forsberg och var kryddkrämare. Elias Forsbergs son Johan Eliasson Forsberg gifte sig med Catharina Buchau, dotter till Jacob Buchau i hans första äktenskap med Anna Maria Depken. Det vill säga: Jacob Buchaus andra hustru, Christina Regina Forsberg^[sic] var halvsyster med Jacob Buchaus svärson.

   [Christina Regina's] father was named Elias Forsberg and was a vendor of spices. Elias Forsberg's son Johan Eliasson Forsberg married Catharina Buchau, daughter of Jacob Buchau from his first marriage with Anna Maria Depken. That is: Jacob Bucha's second wife, Christina Regina Forsberg, was the half sister of Jacob Buchau's son-in-law [Johan Eliasson Forsberg].

Declension

Declension of halvsyster

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	halvsyster	halvsysters
	definite	halvsystern	halvsysterns
plural	indefinite	halvsystrar	halvsystrars
	definite	halvsystrarna	halvsystrarnas