Dekly
Gender and declensions of German nouns

f

Schwester

  • pl.Schwestern
  1. sister
  2. nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
  3. nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
  4. sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address

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