verpleegster
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Dutch verpleegster, equivalent to verpleeg + -ster.
Noun
[edit]verpleegster (plural verpleegsters, diminutive verpleegstertjie, masculine verpleër)
- nurse (female)
- Synonyms: verpleegkundige, suster
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From verplegen (“to nurse”) + -ster (“-eress”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /vərˈpleːx.stər/, /vɛrˈpleːx.stər/, (Belgium) [vərˈpleːx.stər], (Netherlands) [vərˈpleɪ̯x.stər]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧pleeg‧ster
Noun
[edit]verpleegster f (plural verpleegsters, diminutive verpleegstertje n, masculine verpleger)
Synonyms
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- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms suffixed with -ster
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- af:Healthcare occupations
- Dutch terms suffixed with -ster
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch feminine nouns
- nl:Occupations