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

Krankenschwester f (genitive Krankenschwester, plural Krankenschwestern)

nurse (female)

Declension

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

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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