søster

See also: soster

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish systær, søstær, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, cognate with German Schwester and English sister (probably influenced by Old Norse). The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister), cognate with Latin soror and Russian сестра́ (sestrá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsøsd̥ɐ]

Noun

søster c (singular definite søsteren, plural indefinite søstre)

  1. sister (woman or girl having the same parents)

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse systir (sister), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister).

Noun

søster m or f (definite singular søstera or søstra or søsteren, indefinite plural søstre or søstrer, definite plural søstrene)

  1. sister
  2. nurse, short form of sykesøster

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse systir (sister), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister). Akin to English sister.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsœstɛr/

Noun

søster f (definite singular søstera, indefinite plural søstrer, definite plural søstrene)

  1. sister

Derived terms

References

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